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CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... banks, and investments on the part of asset managers and pension funds, increasing use of environmental, social and governance data in decision-making and, for companies in the European Union, reducing exposure to potential increases in the price of ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Mercer only gave 9% of more than 5,000 environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies in their database their highest ratings because their evaluation is based on how strategies integrate ESG into the active construction of portfolio ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... 36% in 2010. "The impacts of CSR may be difficult to assess for a number of reasons including lack of established internal data collection processes, lack of internal buy-in, and the belief that intangible benefits cannot be measured," the report said. ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Only 9% of more than 5,000 investment strategies in Mercer database achieve the highest ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings. Mercer has rated strategies within its Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD) for ESG since 2008 ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... produce concise reports supplemented by online in-depth reports targeting the needs of different stakeholders, including live data sets online to allow stakeholders to interrogate the data to suit their needs. This is a long term journey, and there will ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Fifty organisations, including National Australia Bank, collaborated with the CDP in order to gather the emissions-related data from their suppliers. The CDP reported that supplier engagement is also increasing - 67% of responding suppliers reported ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... investment analysts," Woods said. "How do you take ESG analysis and make it relevant to investment decisions? You can get ESG data, you can get analysis of that data, but then the question is how to translate that into how investment managers make decisions. ...

GRI establishing working groups for G4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... nominations will be placed on the GRI website in the last week in January. G4 should address requirements for sustainability data and enable reporters to provide relevant information to various stakeholders, including shareholders, investors and consumers. ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... The greatest opportunities for reduction are in electricity and waste through ongoing monitoring of electricity and waste data and implementing operational efficiencies. Emissions are forecast to remain stable for the next five years based on current ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... the report said. "Others are implementing comprehensive sustainable agriculture initiatives but did not report emissions data to quantify emissions reductions. Still others can report quantitative data but are unable to show improvements over time because ...