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Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... for the Employer of Choice citation," she said. "Specifically, in the area of gender pay equity, it's a higher bar than standard reporting. We encourage the agency to continue with that because it's a much higher level that employers have to demonstrate. ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... structure, based on stakeholder feedback, de Wit noted. "There are now three options for a contract," she said. "There is the standard seven-year contract, which is what we were anticipating. There is also a short term contract, covering a period of ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... responsibility leadership requires both action and transparency, and over a few short years GRESB has become the de facto standard for communicating sustainability performance to key stakeholders," said Will Teichman, director of sustainability at Kimco ...

Towers Watson outlines framework for fossil fuel risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Towers Watson has addressed growing institutional investor concern over fossil fuel investments and the risks of stranded assets by outlining a framework for response, embedded in the investment decision making process. Nick Kelly, investment consultant ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... recently published its Australia and New Zealand Annual Benchmark Review and its global review. The LBG is the global standard for measuring and benchmarking corporate community investment. LBG's model measures an organisation's community contribution ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... demonstrating the best of ethical and responsible investing. What's key here is anyone who is certified is different from a standard financial product in that they apply a responsible investment overlay consistently in their investment decision making ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
A group of investors convened by Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) will seek to build increased definition and structure to support the development of the green bond market. The investor group released a statement of investor expectations ...

GRI publishes linkage document for EU ESG directive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... them to fulfill the transparency expectations formulated in the Directive." said Bastian Buck, GRI's director reporting standard. See Also: European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

GRI creates two leadership groups for future discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is forming two corporate leadership groups - one to further the international discussion on the purpose of sustainability reporting, and a second on the role of integrated reporting. The GRI has established the ...

Bondor, QUT partner on sustainable building material project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... innovations. "This particular project came about from previous research saying that sustainable housing wasn't a focus in standard methods of housing construction, and it was hard to cater for customers who wanted something more sustainable," said Wendy ...