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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 ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... 'near misses' are recorded less often. The other challenge with labour issues is that they are actually more contested. People don't contest that pollution is a bad thing, but people do contest the degree of freedom of association, for example, or the ...

GRI launches format to tag sustainability data in reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... performance data; the GRI Taxonomy means that companies can tag their sustainability data, making it easily accessible for people who want to find information in the report." At the same time, GRI also launches a voluntary filing program, where reporters ...

DEXUS head office, Republica Coffee declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... goals we have adopted," said Victor Hoog Antink, CEO and executive director of DEXUS Property Group. "Education of our people was a key element to DEXUS becoming carbon neutral. The reduction strategies we have put in place in our head office provide ...