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UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories say that executive remuneration, climate change and supply chain labour standards are "priority areas of engagement" with invested companies in the next year. These areas of engagement ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... said that Billabong is the only listed Australian company to sign up to SA8000, a global auditable social accountability standard, but noted "the main criticism against SA8000 is that the auditing is not as rigid as it should be." The report said that ...

The UpSide Interview: Geoff Sinclair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Report is pleased to present this interview by Katerina Kimmorley with Geoff Sinclair, head of carbon sales and trading, Standard Bank, about how UK banks have made profits out of the Clean Development Mechanism, and the implications for Australian banks. ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... and Enterprise " (Earthscan 2011). He represented the UN Global Compact in the ISO 26000 process to develop a global standard on social responsibility. He has also served in expert working groups of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to develop the ...

GRI opens comment on anti-corruption, GHG guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... released by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the ISO 14064 standard produced by the International Standards Organization for Standardization. "It's important that the G4 Guidelines adequately ...

Equinix Sydney facility receives LEED certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Equinix, a provider of global data centre services, has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system gold certification for the first phase instruction of its facility in Mascot, Sydney. LEED is ...

ASX report shows companies' progress on gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
More than half of 211 ASX-listed companies have established a gender diversity policy as recommended by ASX Principle 3, according to a KPMG survey commissioned by the ASX. Ruth Medd The ASX survey showed that 61% of the 211 companies established gender ...

La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
La Trobe University has disclosed achievements and omissions against environmental and social performance indicators in its 2011 sustainability report, and has set targets for 2015 and 2020 including integrating sustainability issues throughout education ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... expects the demand for sustainability performance related information to increase and sustainability reporting to become standard practice. GRI's guidance will continue to offer companies globally- recognized support to improve their sustainability reporting ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... boards she met with on all of the three areas of engagement, and she said that the impact of the two-strike remuneration standard has improved dialogue around executive remuneration across the board. Bennett said that in the meetings with companies ...