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One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... those companies as the foundation of their research. Australia is relatively in the middle of the pack when it comes to assurance of sustainability reporting, the report found. Between 2002 and 2011, 23% of reports were externally assured, putting Australia ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... company e.g. production of paper and delivery of finished goods. "Low Carbon Australia's certification provides further assurance for our customers that they are purchasing products produced by a company that has met national standards for carbon neutrality," ...

Kenyan bank endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... "Today, the KCB Group endorses the Natural Capital Declaration as a sign of its commitment to corporate sustainability and assurance of reflection of the total economic value of our company," said Martin Oduor-Otieno, KCB Group's CEO. See Also: Using ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... government accreditation for the energy savings certificates accruing for the equipment they sell and install. That's an assurance that the customer gets, but in addition through our finance those vendors are able to offer streamlined finance which meets ...

Carol Adams named director of secretariat for AA1000 series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... in developing a framework to identify sustainability challenges, evaluate their adherence to those principles through assurance, and develop "purpose-driven" stakeholder engagement processes.

Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... future improvement by reporters to develop best practice - identifying qualitative materiality issues, establishing assurance process, making logical links and flows and other issues. The report also notes that many South African companies are rebranding ...

Pangolin Associates to partner with PKF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... have previously worked together, including a joint project requiring National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) assurance. The companies will work together to service contracts with greenhouse gas compliance requirements and to fulfill obligations ...

La Trobe University wins sustainability reporting award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... was also a runner up in the Relevance and Materiality, the Openness and Honesty category, and the Credibility through Assurance categories. Coca-Cola Enterprises was awarded Best Report overall, based on five elements- content, communication, credibility ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... and gas, with 82.3% of emissions coming from customer use. Santos's emissions profile was given independent limited assurance by Ernst & Young. The company overall reported a reduction of 87,000 tonnes in annual greenhouse gas emissions, to 3.61m tonnes ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... once the standards are developed. "I think that it's going to be inevitable that the information is going to require assurance at some point," he said, using as one example the need to properly attribute cause and effect when reporting on both financial ...