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Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... benchmark is based on current best practices and metrics include elements from the general guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), responsible investment rating agencies, and key performance indicators (KPI). "The focus is somewhat on KPIs ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have launched their ESG Reporting Guide for Australian Companies, a framework for assisting companies in identifying and reporting their ESG risks. FSC and ...

Chartered Secretaries advise EU to use comply or explain codes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... embodies a 'comply or explain' approach, or what is commonly known as an 'if not, why not' regime." The UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) similarly endorsed a comply or explain approach. "We believe codes underpinned by law, as in the UK, and including ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... the risk management of businesses," said Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Reporting (ACCSR), a management consulting firm specialising in assisting organisations create responsible business strategies including ...

ACSI releases study on ASX200 ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
When it comes to ASX200 companies and their ESG reporting, companies seem to be falling into the mould of the little girl with a little curl in the middle of her forehead in the much-recited children's poem -where the leading companies are good and ...

Solaris Investment Management appoint ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... database that Domagala has created serves not only to centralise the firm's information, but also serves to comply with the reporting elements to the PRI commitments. "All of this information gets put into a database because one, I like to keep a record ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... ESG into our decision making. I also facilitate training for staff so they can keep up to speed with ESG developments. Reporting to clients and stakeholders is a large part of what I do, and representing VFMC to industry bodies like IGCC. You need to ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... value chain, including down the supply chain. Australian experts believe that there Australia has the accounting and reporting framework to facilitate similar, ground-breaking disclosures. The first stage of PUMA's EP&L statement, issued earlier this ...

Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... that 100 companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) have written sustainability reports based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidances for the 2010/2011 financial year, up from 86 the previous year. The South African 2010/2011 financial ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... CFSGAM is ranked in the second quartile for the other two principles. The firm uses the UNPRI as the basis for its self-reporting because it is a commonly accepted set of principles to work with, "For asset managers, there really isn't anything else," ...