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Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... others and the market will recognise that it is a wonderful opportunity to highlight to stakeholders your sustainability strategy." The lack of adequate supply in the Australian market has forced certain practicalities on institutional investors. Local ...

CHRB launches human rights methodology, pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) has launched its methodology and will rank the human rights performance of the top 100 companies globally in a pilot benchmark. The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark will focus on the largest companies in the ...

Cities provide essential collaboration: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... change is hitting pretty rapidly and potentially rather dramatically, the efforts to counteract with the Urban Forest Strategy is one that is going to be looked at by lots of cities."

Controlled companies underperformed non-controlled firms: IRRCi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
Controlled companies generally underperformed non-controlled firms in terms of shareholder returns, revenue growth and return on equity, and average CEO pay is significantly higher at controlled companies, according to a study commissioned by the Investor ...

GRESB launches Health and Well-being Module

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... benchmarks the actions by property companies and funds to " promote the health and well-being of employees and their strategy to create value through products and services that promote health and well-being for their tenants and customers." "The design ...

GRI, CDP publish updated reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and CDP have released an updated linkage guidance for companies that report on climate-related impacts. "With the G20 setting up a Task Force on principles and best practices for disclosure of climate-related financial ...

Q&A: Madeleine Senior, Bert Rebelo, Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Report about the bank's view on sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) management as a business strategy for the bank, as an asset servicing and as an asset management provider. Bert Rebelo, senior vice president, head of institutional ...

Global Reporting Initiative to open Manila Office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is opening an office in Manila, Philippines as part of plans to increase its presence in the ASEAN region. Michael Meehan, GRI CEO Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region for corporate responsibility reporting ...

Social license to operate key to achieving sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... operate is a metaphor and not, strictly speaking, a one-and-done exercise in obtaining a social permit, and provides a strategy for stakeholder engagement, according to Robert Boutilier, researcher, author and president of Boutilier and Associates. "There ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The increased consideration of the role of the corporation in society and the growth of the corporate sustainability agenda has meant that engaging with corporate boards is more critical. Yet boards are challenged to build their capacity in this area ...