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GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark said. "The 2014 GRESB benchmark is aligned with other globally recognized reporting frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the Dow Jones ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... smaller companies that heretofore may not have disclosed environmental and social risks will have to discuss them in reporting. "There will be other companies now who are forced to say if there is a risk," she said. "[Recommendation 7.4] has a broad ...

PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... websites. The average score across all four indicators was 21% "leaving significant scope for improvement in disclosure and reporting practices," PRI said. "As with all of the engagements we coordinate, the PRI wants to help signatories understand how ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Assessing, managing and reporting on sustainability is a source of strategic and competitive value, a message that accountancy firm Crowe Horwath is spreading to its clients through a series of presentations around the country. "There is an economic ...

Ernst Ligteringen to step down from GRI in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Chief Executive Ernst Ligteringen will step down by the middle of 2015. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief executive Ligteringen has "indicated his desire to look for a new role over the past year," GRI said. "The leadership ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... the "member-oriented" nature of the retirement industry in Australia, plus the nature of financial and non-financial reporting in the Australian listed markets as two factors that have led to Australia being more sophisticated in evaluating ESG issues. ...

Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Super will use the study's findings to target its mental wellbeing initiatives as well as improve some of its internal reporting mechanisms, said Chris Lockwood, manager workplace distribution projects, Cbus Super. "We commissioned the study because ...

New national law for co-ops and mutuals to cut red tape

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The new Co-operatives National Law (CNL) will reduce regulatory costs and simplify financial reporting for co-ops and mutual, according to the Business Council for Cooperatives and Mutuals (BCCM). Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO (Photo courtesy of BCCM) CNL ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... from core business, the more they run the risk of being lost or discontinued when a downturn comes." In addition to reporting that their Indigenous Money Mentor programme had a return of AU$4.20 in social return on investment (SROI) for every dollar ...

ASX could include ESG language in new governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Corporate Governance Council's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations cover corporate governance practices and reporting requirements for companies listed on the ASX. Recommendations are not mandatory, but boards that do not adopt the recommendations ...