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New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... accountability and transparency that we're looking for in this area," said Mark Shying, senior policy adviser in external reporting at CPA Australia. "The beauty of the water accounting standards is that they're being developed over a framework that ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... "clear enunciation of corporate ESG strategy" and also highlighted ANZ 's interim corporate responsibility review. "Good reporting essentially involves: clear enunciation of corporate ESG strategy, focusing on key material ESG concerns; consistent disclosure ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... which a carbon pricing mechanism can be built. The Finsia paper notes that the country's National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System which has been operational since 2007, combined with rigorous data and analysis from existing markets, such as the ...

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... current financial year, and future pay - remuneration that is deferred to some future period. "CAMAC sees remuneration reporting as a dynamic process, which needs to reflect evolving remuneration practices," said Joanne Rees, the convenor of CAMAC, in ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... shown that companies that invest in sustainable business operations and incorporate ESG factors into their financial reporting are seeing returns on investment much sooner than anticipated. Integrating sustainability into business practices: a case study ...

Finsia drafts principles to disclose, address gender divide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) have drafted a set of reporting principles so that financial services companies can benchmark, measure and address the employment gender divide. The draft principles (see below) would establish ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... another 19% plan to do so, although 38% said they had no plans to report on sustainability. One of the obstacles to reporting on sustainability is the lack of appropriate metrics. This impacts on the investor side, with companies that are signatories ...

GRI developing oil and gas sector reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative is developing sustainability reporting guidelines for the oil and gas sector, to be used by organizations for measuring and reporting on the economic, environmental, social, and governance dimensions of their activities ...

Global Reporting Initiative launch process for new standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the body that provides the most commonly accepted framework for producing sustainability reports, has launched the process that will result in the next generation of GRI guidelines. GRI is calling on its network of ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... she explained. The Climate Advocacy Shareholder Group put submitted similar proposals to three other companies this reporting season - Paladin Energy Ltd, Aquila Resources Ltd and Oil Search Ltd, Thier said. Paladin and Aquila rejected the proposals ...