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Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Calculating the value of the ecosystem in which a company operates can not only provide measures of the company's dependency on services such as water, land, biomass and climate control, but also offers information for strategic consideration of risk ...

Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
A group of professionals from the banking and finance industry have established the Banking and Finance Oath (BFO), an organisation that seeks to restore trust and encourage ethical behaviour in the financial services industry. Stephen Dunne, AMP Capital ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Former Federal Environment Minister Robert Hill and business leader Heather Ridout have joined ClimateWorks Australia's board of directors. "Robert Hill and Heather Ridout are well known and widely respected for their contribution to public policy in ...

GRI opens comment on anti-corruption, GHG guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is asking for public comment on its G4 draft guidance for anti-corruption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting. GRI is currently developing the next generation of its sustainability reporting guidelines ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
ANZ is a leader both in Australia and internationally for the development, strategy and delivery of financial inclusion and capability programs, according to a third-party review of the bank. According to the review by the Allen Consulting Group, ANZ's ...

Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Integrated reporting offers organisations a framework to address the fact that the range of risks and opportunities that can affect long-term value generation are not always captured by the reporting boundaries of current year financial measures, according ...

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 ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Sustainability reports provide external parties such as investors the opportunity to assess a company's performance to long term goals, and provides stakeholders with an opportunity to engage with the process of achieving sustainable targets, said panellists ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Companies' extra-financial information, such as disclosures on governance and environmental issues, is used by analysts and investors to help analyse and inform investment decisions, according to research conducted by the Global Reporting Initiative ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
With retailer Woolworths Limited facing a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) over a move to change the company's constitution to limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 maximum bets, another distributor, Metcash, faced media allegations ...