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IIRC appoints Peter Bakker deputy chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Express NV and PostNL NV. Bakker is currently president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a coalition of CEOs from more than 200 companies, ccounting for more than US$7tr in revenue. "Peter Bakker's global business acumen will ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... three-year fixed price regime of AU$23/tonne CO2-e transitions to an open market. The opposition Liberal Party/National Party coalition has endorsed the CFI, which was passed in a separate bill to other parts of the overall Clean Energy Future legislative ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability information into their reporting documentation. GRI has joined the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition and the Green Economy Coalition, which are working to include a paragraph on sustainability disclosures into the outcomes document ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and operations by superannuation funds. Despite short term uncertainty over policy shift should the opposition Liberal coalition take government at the next election, the long term reality of climate change is leading towards a "natural shift where super ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors from 12 countries, including Statewide Super and New Zealand Superannuation Fund, have contacted 118 UN Global Compact (UNGC) companies on the issue of increased reporting on environmental, social and governance activities. ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian Council on Superannuation Investors have also advocated for disclosure to the ASX, and PWYP itself is made up of coalition members including the CFMEU Mining and Energy Division. "Responsible investors are getting the message," Spoors said. ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... industry's role in current economic structure and how it can contribute to a future low carbon economy. The ICMM is a coalition of mining and metals companies and national and regional mining associations and global commodity associations. It was established ...

Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the industry. They report publicly against their sustainable development performance on an annual basis. The ICMM is a coalition of mining and metals companies and national and regional mining associations and global commodity associations. It was established ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... support package will be insufficient to ensure the widespread deployment of these abatement technologies." The ICMM is a coalition of 20 mining and metals companies and 31 national and regional mining associations and global commodity associations. It ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Initiative (EITI). CFSGAM became an EITI signatory in 2009 and in 2010 focused on its participation in the body, which is a coalition of governments, companies and civil society bodies that promulgate a global standard for transparency in extractive ...