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International Integrated Reporting Committee seeks pilot test participants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) is looking for companies to participate in their pilot program to test IIRC's integrated reporting framework. The IIRC is developing a set of integrated reporting (IR) standards that will link ...

GRI releases airport operator sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released a new sustainability reporting guidance for airport operators, offering a framework for reporting risks like wildlife strikes, noise and human trafficking. "Airports face many different sustainability ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... have with a company that you invest in, and how does it play into a company in which you're looking to invest? JT : The reporting is a starting point for us, but for too many it's an ending point. We see the sustainability report and we look at the details ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... accountability and transparency that we're looking for in this area," said Mark Shying, senior policy adviser in external reporting at CPA Australia. "The beauty of the water accounting standards is that they're being developed over a framework that ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... "clear enunciation of corporate ESG strategy" and also highlighted ANZ 's interim corporate responsibility review. "Good reporting essentially involves: clear enunciation of corporate ESG strategy, focusing on key material ESG concerns; consistent disclosure ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... which a carbon pricing mechanism can be built. The Finsia paper notes that the country's National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System which has been operational since 2007, combined with rigorous data and analysis from existing markets, such as the ...

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... current financial year, and future pay - remuneration that is deferred to some future period. "CAMAC sees remuneration reporting as a dynamic process, which needs to reflect evolving remuneration practices," said Joanne Rees, the convenor of CAMAC, in ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... shown that companies that invest in sustainable business operations and incorporate ESG factors into their financial reporting are seeing returns on investment much sooner than anticipated. Integrating sustainability into business practices: a case study ...

Finsia drafts principles to disclose, address gender divide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) have drafted a set of reporting principles so that financial services companies can benchmark, measure and address the employment gender divide. The draft principles (see below) would establish ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... another 19% plan to do so, although 38% said they had no plans to report on sustainability. One of the obstacles to reporting on sustainability is the lack of appropriate metrics. This impacts on the investor side, with companies that are signatories ...