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Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Nelmara Arbex is deputy chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which provides the most commonly accepted set of guidelines for sustainability reporting. During the Australian GRI conference in Melbourne on 26-28 March, Arbex spoke ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... activities, mainstreaming or integration of human rights considerations across the business and then monitoring and reporting on that process." While human rights can have a "mystique" around it for corporations and their legal advisers, Nicolson compares ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... explanation." Foresters does measure social impact and social value of its work, and has focused on structuring its data reporting systems to measure the value generated when an organisation comes to them to apply for a loan. "What we're doing effectively ...

GRESB joins forces with GRI to push sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) will partner with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a move designed to advance the standardisation of reporting on environmental, social and economic performance in the global real estate ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... investment and accounting principles said. But only 36 companies on the ASX200 are considered at "best practice" for ESG reporting, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), and investor and accounting experts say companies ...

Companies should present negative sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... relating to the way stakeholders perceive sustainability reports. The findings were presented at the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting in Melbourne. According to the ACCSR research, 25% ...

LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia, has also committed to achieve this rating without the use of GreenPower renewable energy. At the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting, Bill Hartnett, LGS's head of sustainability ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Integrated reporting could act as a "steadying arm" to the invisible hand of the free market, said Jane Diplock, director, Singapore Exchange. Speaking at the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) issues must ensure that any statements can be backed up by data and they must be aware that disclosures to reporting frameworks such as the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) will be evaluated against other disclosures, according to two ...

Corporate sustainability a vehicle for value creation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability should be about strategic value creation, rather than just a statement of values, and the integrated reporting framework could assist companies in seeing environmental, social and governance (ESG) as central to strategy, according to Jonathon ...