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Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... wood, manure or any other agricultural byproducts," Climate Bond Standard said. The Climate Bond Standard cited International Energy Agency statistics saying that (IEA) that biofuels could provide 27% of total transport fuel. "The potential climate mitigation ...

bankmecu MD discusses integrated reporting implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... bankmecu's managing director participating in a panel discussion on the topic at the recent 2014 World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meeting in Washington DC. Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director Walsh participated from bankmecu's ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... internalisations of ESG externalities is being guided by both regulatory bodies and by transitional organisations such as the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). This will have impacts in Australia. "The IIRC, the ASX and ASIC are all ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... discussion. When it comes to due process, if you look at the GRI model, it lends from the model of IFRS Foundation and the International Accounting Standards Board and whilst integrating GRI's unique multi-stakeholder model." The public comment period ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Horizons; Stakeholder Council Member, Global Reporting Initiative Speaking at a panel discussion at the recent GTQ International Annual Australia ESG Conference, sustainability reporting experts told an audience of corporate and investment professionals ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... for," Bell said. "Now, let's caveat that - not all may understand if it's integrated reporting in the context of the International Integrated Reporting Council framework, or do they want more integrated reporting as a general point?" Furthermore, investors ...

IIRC, SASB to collaborate on compatability of frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) will work together to achieve complementarity and compatibility in their respective frameworks. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO Jean Rogers, SASB ...

IIGCC joins International Climate Bond Standards Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... investors, with total funds under management of approximately EUR7.5 trillion. Eric Borremans, IIGCC Vice Chairman and sustainability expert at Pictet Asset Management, will represent the IIGCC on the Climate Bond Standards Board, which supervises a ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... companies that are exposed to fossil fuels, and the extent to which assets are devalued is highly dependent on how international policy is implemented, the type of fossil fuels in question, and the time horizon of new projects. For investors, unburnable ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... named to the board. Wood takes over from outgoing GRI Chairman Herman Mulder. She is a member of the board of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the former chairman of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). She ...