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Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Rights. G4 also removed the ranking system that evaluated the quality of an organsation's disclosures to a letter-grade standard. "We have developed accordance models that aren't proscriptive," he said. "It is up to the company to determine materiality ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... responsible investment and thus setting the standards required a wide variety of consultation. "It's hard to have one standard way to do things, and this is something you learn to appreciate when you work in a global organisation like PRI," said Reynolds ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... different ESG investment objectives. "The goal of the whole Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Indices project was to create a standard for fixed income ESG investing," said Laura Nishikawa, vice president and head of fixed income ESG research, at MSCI ESG ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay Australia is urging the federal government to adopt standards of mandatory disclosure for companies in the mining and extractive industry. Publish What you Pay Australia's push comes as the European Parliament voted in favour of ...

CDP signs agreements with SASB, GRI to further standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
CDP has signed separate agreements to partner with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) with the intention of improving corporate reporting of climate change and sustainability issues. SASB is ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Transparency Initiative (EITI) conference in Sydney last week. During the conference, EITI announced reforms to the existing standard to further push the amount of disclosure. EITI is a global benchmark for natural resource revenue management. Around ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have renewed their partnership. The two organisations have a long-standing collaboration that has resulted in the Global Compact's 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published the newest version of its sustainability reporting guidelines, G4, at its annual global conference. G4 is a significantly revised document and places stronger emphasis on materiality and will encourage ...

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Fund managers and analysts are reassessing Australian retailer's supply chain management as a result of the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh last month. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital The factory collapse, which has left more ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... across the business and not just in silos." However, if companies were to be forced to adopt integrated reporting as a standard, IR has the potential of becoming a compliance obligation rather than the outcome of a process of integrated thinking, Fox ...