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Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Ross Hill Wine Group in Orange, NSW has received carbon neutral certification under the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS), making it the first Australian winery to do so. Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates Pangolin Associates, energy and carbon management ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire Kris Douma

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired Kris Douma as director of investment practices and reporting. Douma will join PRI in January 2016. He comes to the PRI from the NBA, the Dutch professional organisation for accountants in Amsterdam ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... disclose those details. I think that's been well received by NGOs, that level of transparency." Wesfarmers has implemented an audit program to verify ethical sourcing compliance by its supplier factories. "There will always be new focus areas to continuously ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... what's in the bond, where are the proceeds actually going. " There is a mixture of independent party certification and some audit-only certification, Fowler said. Fowler also said there are proxies with building standards, such as having a certain NABERS ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Industrial relations, including enterprise bargaining as well as more informal worker/employer collaborations, can be used to address climate change. Professor Ray Markey, director of the Centre for Workforce Futures at Macquarie University A wide range ...

Companies exposed to anti-bribery, corruption compliance risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... third parties, nearly half did not identify high-risk third parties, and more than half of those respondents with right-to-audit clauses over third parties have not exercised these rights, KPMG said. For Australian companies, there can frequently be ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... you a certain level of scrutiny around the board. Equally importantly, we look for the presence of key committees - the audit committee, the remuneration committee and the nomination committee." This overlay is integrated with the Northern Trust Emerging ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... and approved based on compliance with RIAA's criteria. Fund managers that wish to be certified must also have an external audit, which is conducted by chartered accounting firm Grant Thornton. The review process is currently underway and expected to ...

IIRC launches IR Technology Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... integrated thinking, how software can be used in the narrative elements of reporting, and how technology can facilitate the audit and assurance of an integrated report. "Leading companies around the world are already adopting in their organizations ...

bankmecu MD discusses integrated reporting implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... people that are involved in the reporting council across different disciplines - accounting standards boards, the large audit firms, advisory organisations - at an international level, there's a degree of interest, but people at a company level still ...