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BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... recommendations aimed at enabling "stakeholders and market participants to develop detailed ESG standards and best-practice guidelines." "There is always pressure on regulators and stock exchanges to improve processes for investors, and that's the dialogue ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles. At INREV, Lowik "was responsible for a comprehensive revision of the INREV guidelines, which included 18 months of industry consultation and engagement with more than 300 industry players and organizations ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership, collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Compact and GRI have a long history of partnership, and among other things, the UN Global Compact uses the GRI's G4 guidelines in their reporting on progress.

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... public and private sectors, and between countries. The project should result in evidenced-based recommendations and guidelines that can be implemented not only as potential reforms to law and regulations, but also as best practices for corporate policies ...

GRI releases drafts for first six GRI Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... body for the standards. GRI Standards will include the main concepts and relevant disclosures from G4, the current GRI guidelines, but GRI said the standards have an improved structure, format and presentation. G4's content and implementation manual ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... and regulators, even as reporting standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) transitions from a set of guidelines to accounting standards. These developments will give organisations more tools to integrate commitments such as the Sustainable ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... China's central bank has published a range of ambitious policy proposals for green bonds, with official green bond guidelines launching soon. India's capital markets regulator SEBI just announced green bond guidelines. In the EU, supporting green bond ...

ACSI annual report outlines 2015-2018 strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Gordon Hagart, who returned to Europe. See Also: Women, generational change coming to ASX boards: ACSI ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity Average CEO pay increased in 2014: ACSI ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist ...

GRI links connections between G4, UN Guiding Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published a linkage document that demonstrates the connections between the GRI G4 Reporting Guidelines and the concepts of the United Nations Guiding Principle on Business and Human Rights. GRI notes that there are linkages ...

GRI CEO discusses future of sustainability reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is in the process of transitioning the G4 guidelines to the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards, but that process is only one phase of the organisation's wider mission to enhance the transparency of non-financial ...