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PUMA's environmental P&L reporting: a model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... PUMA have done." Even if companies aren't attributing dollar figures to these costs, it is possible to at least collect the data. "Let's start with the fact that chartered accountants have a role to play in business strategy and identifying business ...

Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... report said. The report noted that of the 392 reviewed companies, many lag behind "reasonable expectations" for providing data regarding carbon footprints and/or greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, SustainabilityServices said the quality of information ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... with seeking disclosure from investable companies. "We want to focus on Principle 3, because getting good information and data is the hardest part," McCluskey said. "This year, we'll continue to work with the [UK] Financial Services Authority and the ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... frameworks with commonly accepted metrics to benchmark companies' sustainability performances with the ultimate goal of using the data to mitigate ESG risks and push for improved management of those factors by companies. But even as the pressure rises ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Bringing ESG risk/reward considerations to institutional investors such as superannuation funds is a matter of "intervention" and education for investment consultant Mercer, which has a specialist ESG team that produces research and develops strategies ...

Deloitte, GRI to develop new program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... the GRI's G3 and G3.1 guidelines given a new Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) taxonomy, meaning sustainability data can be communicated more easily to investors, auditors and analysts. XBRL is a language for the electronic communication ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... measurements to augment some of the more traditional metrics of modern portfolio theory, which depend on backward looking data. "Many investors' see themselves as universal owners, and a primary way of framing ESG is the risk and return factor," said ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Commission to provide advice on the effective carbon prices that result from countries' various policy and regulatory moves. The data is to be used to make the government's case for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). Germany and the UK both ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... use, or 'fit for purpose'." Shying said he believed that the accrual recognition under AWAS could lead to point where the data could be monetized and reflected in financial statements. He compared the use of a physical measure for water to the way that ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... relating to strategy areas; and commentary on policies, procedures, ongoing challenges and improvements in meeting strategy and data targets," the analysis of the latest reporting season read. "In essence, investors should be able to use a sustainability ...