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Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... what investors consider material, according to an analysis conducted by GRI and RobecoSAM. In the report, Defining Materiality: What Matters to Reporters and Investors, GRI and RobecoSAM analysed data from companies in two sectors - technology hardware ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... this year. Companies, clients will have to be thinking about how to comply with it, is it sufficient to refer to the materiality sections of sustainability reports, or if I'm a company reporting, and I've got a materiality section, what do I need to ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... reporting of ASX50 companies in 2013, and said that ongoing engagement with companies would focus on defining risk and materiality. "There is some significant work to be done around what is sustainability risk and why it's not included within corporate ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... governance, and reported on their progress via an online publication. This represents a new approach to reporting, based on materiality of issues to the company's overall sustainability, said Richard Goyder, Wesfarmers managing director. In the 2014 ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has informed superannuation fund trustees that materiality is part of the board's risk management declaration, widening the scope of risks that trustees must disclose to the prudential regulator. ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... education and research space- and I think that's not something that is perfectly measured, but conceptually, in terms of materiality, yes, there is value that we should define," he said.

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... talking about the most meaningful stuff for the members?" In order to produce the report, the fund did an "extensive" materiality assessment using both the IR principles and GRI guidelines, resulting in a multi-stakeholder based process, Simpson said. ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainability," said Guido Giese, head of indices, RobecoSAM. "Since 1999, we have helped investors realise the financial materiality of sustainability and companies continue to tell us that the DJSI provides an excellent tool to measure the effectiveness ...

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... methodology issues dealing with, for example, future-oriented information, soft narrative and completeness of a report; and materiality, the reporting boundary and connectivity for assurance purposes," IIRC said. "Credibility and trust of corporate reporting ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... which 16% is directly related to forests risk commodities. The CDSB reporting guidelines also encompass boundaries and materiality as part of the new proposals. "We are looking at reporting through mainstream channels, so if you're already familiar with ...