Search Results

Showing 141 - 150 of 172 results for "assurance"

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... that can be counted in pools qualifying for Climate Bonds labelling. The rest of the Climate Bond Standard provides assurance for investors around the proper use of proceeds." The project received funding from the Bank of America Foundation. "This will ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... strengthen and aid in the development of the market as a whole. Greenfleet believes that it is very important to provide assurance to our supporters, to the community and to the market, that the offsets we generate meet a recognised standard and that ...

IIRC CEO favours market-led adoption of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... intended to explain the breadth not to be what you report, if you understand what I mean. "The second area is about assurance. We are well aware that it will not succeed without assurance and we are working on a project on assurance. The third, which ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Guidelines is their redefined focus on disclosure of material issues," said Christian Mouillon, global vice chair - assurance at Ernst & Young, in a statement. "This step will increase the transparency and value of sustainability reporting for stakeholders ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the process of applying IR, Stockland found that one area of the framework that needs further development is around assurance and audit, McEwan said. "We're working closely with the auditing group and the assurance group on what that could look like," ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... funds under management." In a first for the bank, NAB also published as part of their 2013 RAP is a document of external assurance of their 2012 RAP, done by Ernst and Young. Ernst and Young gave limited assurance that the 2012 performance indicators ...

Australian Ethical appoints Kate Greenhill to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... appointed Kate Greenhill FCA to the board as a non-executive director. Greenhill has more than 18 years' experience in assurance and advisory services in the financial services industry. She is a former partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and has worked ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... consider governance issues. The PRI research further found that 50% of companies said that some form of third party assurance certification on ESG activities "positively affects their appetite to do a deal," accord to the report. Respondents further ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... The company said it would work on furthering the accuracy and consistency of their CR&S reporting and seek third party assurance in 2013. Charter Hall reported that GRI guidelines have been applied to meet a "C" application level. Independent assurance ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
CPA Australia has published a guide designed to accountants' capacity to provide assurance on sustainability reports for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). Amir Ghandar The report, A Guide for Assurance on SME Sustainability Reports, is a practitioners' ...