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GRI launches Reporting 2025 initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Meehan, GRI chief executive. "This means that organizations must do more than merely produce a sustainability report. The data collected needs to empower informed decision-making, not just for management but also for other stakeholders. Reporting 2025 ...

ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental group, you want to be able to compare like for like. You want to say that Westpac is X and CBA is Y. There isn't enough data to say that you absolutely know that for sure - nobody discloses everything yet. On the basis of what is disclosed ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... and social factors as part of quantitative investment techniques in equity portfolios, with fund managers integrating ESG data to either screen out undesired stocks, or to create customised benchmarks that tilt away from companies with poorer ESG scores ...

Financial System Inquiry recommends on impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... the community sector, enable government to fund preventative social services with greater efficacy, and improve innovation, data collection and reporting." The FSI report's recommendation around private ancillary funds (PAFs) is one issue that the industry ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... not the case anymore that we can presume that ESG issues are not financial and not maternally financial," she said. "The data demonstrates that it is a myth that ESG involves underperformance, and responsible investment involves underperformance. Not ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... South Asia that invest in small and medium-sized businesses. The courses are taught by experienced practitioners using market data and case studies, the GIIN said. The GIIN is a non-profit organization that works to increase the scale and effectiveness ...

Carnegie Wave Energy installs first CETO 5 unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Carnegie's managing director. "It is also now the start of a new phase as we learn as much as we can about CETO 5 via the data collection and analysis that has already commenced. This initial CETO 5 unit is currently delivering significant amounts of ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... risks, as CDP does with its carbon emissions reports, Lamb said. The ability to provide scoring has been facilitated by the data CDP has generated by previous years' responses, she said. In its report, CDP notes that overall, 2,200 companies were asked ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Rosenberg, the quantitative investment arm of the global AXA IM group, and integrates environmental, social and governance data from AXA IM's responsible investment team. "Our extensive research shows ESG smart beta can offer investors a lower risk and ...

Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... the government and the company level. There is a business case for reducing deforestation. But what we're measuring on our data that we've collected from our reporting companies is that there is an inconsistent approach at both the commodity level and ...