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ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
As companies integrate corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their business strategies, the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) is analysing responsible leadership in its forthcoming annual conference and report into the ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunities, and also to highlight that there are good managers out there. We are looking at managers who are both meeting our standard rating but also are an ESG 1 and 2 manager in relation to these themes." See Also: Most Asia Pacific private equity ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... by RobecoSAM and KPMG International. ANZ, GPT Group, Tabcorp Holdings and Sims Metal Management were all awarded gold standard in The Sustainability Yearbook, a ranking that recognizes the top-performing company within each industry sector, and companies ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Consultancy Net Balance has been certified as a B Corporation, an international process that assesses a company's impact against a set of social and environmental performance standards. B Corp status is awarded by US-based non-profit B Lab, which evaluates ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental outcomes that wouldn't necessarily apply to other investments, but said that there are other questions that are standard across asset classes - senior management, staff turnover, etc. There are also standard financial benchmarks for their ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
CPA Australia has published a guide designed to accountants' capacity to provide assurance on sustainability reports for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). Amir Ghandar The report, A Guide for Assurance on SME Sustainability Reports, is a practitioners' ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... GNP, current accounts and national debt always are of interest. But income is what counts. That's the net effect on our standard of living, as the other measures move about. We've had it good for a very long time. In real terms, income has risen by over ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Australian state and national regulatory standards and the Australian Water Accounting Standard (AWAS), McCombe said. The Water Accounting Standards Board (WASB) has developed the Australian Water Accounting Standard ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... and professional services group lagged behind the average of the index. The report found that the most commonly used standard for assurance was ISAE3000/ASAE3000, used by 44% of companies seeking third party assurance, while 21% used AA1000AS and 15% ...

PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Institutional investors can analyse hedge fund managers and strategies with an eye to improving governance and values alignment in line with the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has released a discussion papers on hedge funds ...