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NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... ASX 100 company that gets its RAP assured by an independent third party," Brennan said. "I don't buy that the cost of assurance is beyond the range of ASX 100 companies or government departments. Indigenous Australia deserves the transparency and accountability. ...

Pangolin Associates hires Sam Phua

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Iain Smale, joint managing director. "Sam will also help us meet the increasing demand for a range of verification and assurance services that make up a significant part of our business." Pangolin services include mandatory and voluntary schemes such ...

IIGCC joins International Climate Bond Standards Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... infrastructure, and climate bonds can play an important role in delivering the necessary investment. Investors however require assurance that low-carbon bonds have the qualities they expect of a product described in this way. "By putting certification ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... emerge in coming years; low-carbon transport bonds certified under the Climate Bonds Standard will provide investors with assurance about the environmental benefits of specific projects."

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... potential reward in timber products is the increasing focus on certification and country-of-origin labeling for supply chain assurance, said MaryKate Hanlon, manager - sustainability, research, and communications at New Forests Asset Management. Hanlon ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... engage with companies. We're holding ourselves out to a standard such that it will form a part of our annual auditing and assurance process, which means we're going to have a look at all those processes and make sure we have good evidence and good ways ...

GRI, RAFI to collaborate on human rights reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Reporting and Assurance Frameworks Initiative (RAFI) will work together to improve corporate human rights reporting. RAFI is a recently launched initiative that is developing frameworks for companies reporting ...

ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... of the G4 guidelines takes effect for the year ending 31 December 2015, and each member company will report and gain assurance against the G3 guidelines until they make the transition to the G4 guidelines, ICMM said. "ICMM's role is to work with its ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... 10,000 tonnes in excess of our target. If you were to take the 3,500 out, it would be in excess." KPMG provided limited assurance for the sustainability metrics, but Walton noted that they did not audit the narrative around the figures.

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... accounting' could pave a way as a new specialized field to handle the complex technical problems that accounting for and assurance of water resources, climate change, carbon trading and whole ecosystems present." One area that will have to be overcome ...