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PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... - stock exchanges in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong have been doing more on warning companies to do more on sustainability reporting. They've been our focus. We're also developing a broader Asia Pacific strategy - how we join up Asia, Australia the ...

Investor groups publish sustainable real estate guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... said Fiona Reynolds, managing director at PRI. The framework was presented in Sydney, and Rowan Griffin, head of sustainability - property at Lendlease, noted that the guide provides concreate steps regarding climate change risks in property. "The built ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... something that attracted me to this role, and is something that fits with my ethos and principles," Pedley told The Sustainability Report. " To me, one of the opportunities [of the role] is to reach out to the current and next generation of investors ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... is ranked seventh globally, while First State Super is ranked twelfth globally. "As awareness and involvement in sustainability initiatives increase among the world's major investors, the bar keeps rising and this can only be a good thing," said Peter ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Investors and corporations agree that materiality analysis is important to define "the most important sustainability issues," according to research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and RobecoSAM. GRI and RobecoSAM have published Defining What ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... consider ESG criteria to generate long term competitive returns. Lim is in Australia this week and spoke to The Sustainability Report. "We do sustainable investing at Robeco because it leads to better informed decisions," Lim said. "... The body of evidence ...

LQRA to deepen verification collaboration with CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... "Independent verification is fast becoming an integral part of global corporate carbon reporting, and LRQA's independent sustainability and climate data verification services lend support to CDP's aim of putting relevant climate information at the heart ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... to no more than 2 degrees of pre-industrial levels," said Chi Woo Chi Woo, partner, advisory, climate change and sustainability services at KPMG Australia. "... [In order to meet those commitments] there is a huge amount of dependency on corporate success ...

New Community Sector Banking CEO outlines bank's value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Cairns. We've got around $200,000 in grants available, and we're looking at organisations that deal with issues of sustainability and wellbeing created in solutions to homelessness, and we'd like to work with the sector on this." The money for the Social ...

GRI releases drafts for first six GRI Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published the first set of exposure drafts of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards) for public comment. GRI has released an initial set of six GRI Standards and have opened up a 90-day comment ...