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Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay Australia will press its case to the new federal government for the adoption of mandatory disclosure standards for companies in the mining and extractive industry. This week, Prime Minister Tony Abbott named the ministers who will ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... worthiness - for example, when countries have low levels of political freedom combined with a high degree of social development, countries tend to have greater unrest, according to an analysis done by Maplecroft. "A strong legal and regulatory environment ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... as top barriers, compared to a small minority of large companies. However, the survey has uncovered an encouraging development: Smaller companies are increasingly taking steps to catch up to their "big business" peers." Another challenge for companies ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... practices, it is prioritising and promoting natural capital considerations as "vitally important" to the long term economic development of the Indian economy. "We are very pleased with YES BANK's endorsement of the NCD, the first Indian bank to do so," ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... institutional investment sphere. He cited the growth of initiatives to enhance credibility and comparability, such as the development of the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) and Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS). "There is ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Opportunity International works with partner organisations in place in-country to operate their microfinance and economic development programs. The local programs will work with companies when appropriate opportunities arise, Dunn said. "In other countries ...

Foresters Community Finance starts social entrepreneur fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... many of these new enterprises are challenged to find the capital and support their need in the early stages of their development," she said. "Our Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund has been designed with a view put recipients on the road to long-term ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... account when developing property secured financing programs, and participants in these markets need to be engaged in the development of these approaches." Bocskay noted that the EUA structure is modelled on a US vehicle, Property Assessed Clean Energy ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... and energy research RepuTex, suggests that the large scale renewable energy credits (LGC) market will support the development of 7 GW of onshore wind energy at LGC prices between $40-75/MWh, achieving close to the 41,000 GWh RET target by 2020. Alternatively ...

Deutsche Borse joins Integrated Reporting pilot programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... provide a vital public platform for businesses to access funds, thereby helping to create the conditions for economic development and business success," said Paul Druckman, IIRC chief executive officer. "Capital markets assimilate the information and ...