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QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... bond-like characteristics. It is different from infrastructure and real estate. For instance, if there's a down market, people aren't demanding property rentals. But with timber, what they say is, they store value in the stump - if you don't sell it ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... manager at the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants. "You can rebuild bricks and mortar, but if you've lost all your people, I don't think that you can regain that. In the current environment, with organisations under pressure to squeeze the ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... quality of data, the understanding of data, etc. This, of course, is a point of attack for information users, or NGOs, or people campaigning, because when companies are called out for green washing, very often it's because of one or two indicators. For ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... SROI as a metric to attract institutional investment is a "mistake," said Belinda Drew, Foresters CEO. "This is a mistake people are making," Drew said. "They think as they approach institutional investors that if they use a framework like SROI and take ...

Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... listed companies are aggressively held to account on corporate governance and disclosure, fund managers, super funds even people at government agencies are let off the hook," he said. "If you believe in corporate governance and disclosure and transparency ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... report, Santos identified 24 material sustainability indicators, divided into four categories - environment, community, "our people" and economic. Santos charted its material sustainability indicators with respect to significance to both stakeholders ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... realistic assumptions? I think they need to be properly disclosed, we need to understand what they are. We can pick up if people are making unrealistic assumptions on these, we can pick them up and start having the debate on these assumptions."

Emerald Wrap launches, joins UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... being incorporated, as a minimum. It is now evident that [responsible investment] RI is clearly better as it's good for people, planet and your back pocket." The Emerald Club also announced that, through a partnership with Carbon Neutral, one native ...

New South Wales announces first social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... three ways at the risk tier. But at the other tiers, we'd really like to put it out through the distribution network so people have the experience of holding that bond. We also will go to the private bank and look at people who are philanthropic investors ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... dressing have a significant risk exposure. What you have to assume is that what you say in the report will be evaluated by people who want to invest with you." Furthermore, companies need to understand that voluntary disclosure frameworks can become ...