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ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... because of the focus on key risks and opportunities most significant to their business through a rigorous and inclusive materiality process involving stakeholders. "Adoption of the core option will enable our members to identify and focus on the issues ...

IIRC asks investors to critique pilot integrated reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... also told the IIRC that reports need to close "perceived or actual information gaps by disclosing the organisation's materiality assessment process" and that the connectivity of information needed to be improved. Investors told IIRC information connectivity ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... questions, a set of recommendations has been put forward for any government intending to implement paragraph 47: Focus on materiality Ensure outcomes-based and contextual reporting Facilitate the integration of sustainability into business strategy Collaborate ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... GRI standards, G4. G4 was launched in May and is a significantly revised document and places stronger emphasis on materiality and will encourage organisations that use the GRI guidelines to provide disclosures and indicators on economic, environmental ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... guidelines, G4, at its annual global conference. G4 is a significantly revised document and places stronger emphasis on materiality and will encourage organisations that use the GRI guidelines to provide disclosures and indicators on economic, environmental ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... principles include strategic focus and future orientation, connectivity of information, stakeholder responsiveness, materiality and conciseness, reliability and completeness and consistency and comparability. IR is intended to meet the information needs ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Council (IIRC) has yielded better communication between internal stakeholders and more robust conversations about materiality, strategic focus and future orientation, according to two participants in the IIRC's pilot program. Janette O'Neill, head of ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... investor in a way that they're more familiar.... I've always thought that ESG ratings are providing information about the materiality of a company, the quality of its operations that's not captured in traditional analysis." The paper was written by Zoltan ...

Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... businesses, their depths and breadth is not fully valued by either management or investors and that communication of ESG materiality needs to be in relative and comparable language, as financial communications currently are. The Investor Briefing Project ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... the report. Respondents further said that ESG issues were assessed as part of the overall CAPEX and OPEX, and their materiality depended on the size of then deal. "This report shows why ESG considerations should be a fundamental part of any private equity ...