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CDP to broaden, enhance cities program with Bloomberg grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Bloomberg Philanthropies has awarded CDP a three-year, US$4.1 million grant to expand and enhance the CDP's reporting platform and technical support for city governments. The grant is a broadening of CDP's relationship with its "long-standing partner" ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... been a concentration on the question about how are we going to pay for all the things we believe are essential to our standard of living and the services we've come to expect and depend upon, but it diverts our attention from who gets to be really engaged ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... explain what it means for the way that we invest and the way we engage with companies. We're holding ourselves out to a standard such that it will form a part of our annual auditing and assurance process, which means we're going to have a look at all ...

GRI, RAFI to collaborate on human rights reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... lead the development and implementation of the GRI reporting framework as GRI prepares to become a formal international standard setting body, GRI said. Buck has worked with GRI for more than seven years and is a member of the Technical taskforce of ...

Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Benefiting from co benefits in Australia, Net Balance advocates that Australia should adopt or integrate with an international standard to "enable widespread acceptance of a co-benefits approach" to increase the value of carbon offsets. Net Balance defines ...

Local Government Super property portfolio manager retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Brian Churchill, Local Government Super (LGS)'s property portfolio manager has retired after a 30-year career in property investment and management. Churchill will be replaced by Andrew Kim, who has been LGS property asset manager for the past three ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The way that retailers manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures can be a proxy for their management quality, according to research from AMP Capital Investors. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital There are fewer links between individual ...

CDSB guide for companies complying with UK GHG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has released a new guidance for UK-listed companies disclosing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), in line with recent amendments to British law. The guidance is designed to help companies comply with changes ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The government's proposed Direct Action Plan (DAP) for liable entities to cut carbon emissions will provide real opportunities for businesses to engage in abatement activities, according to analysis by EY. The Liberal coalition government has said its ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group's 2013 annual review and sustainability report benchmarks the banking group's performance against financial, social and environmental indicators based on its new sustainability strategy announced in February. The bank reported 2013 cash ...