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Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Guidelines is their redefined focus on disclosure of material issues," said Christian Mouillon, global vice chair - assurance at Ernst & Young, in a statement. "This step will increase the transparency and value of sustainability reporting for stakeholders ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the process of applying IR, Stockland found that one area of the framework that needs further development is around assurance and audit, McEwan said. "We're working closely with the auditing group and the assurance group on what that could look like," ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... funds under management." In a first for the bank, NAB also published as part of their 2013 RAP is a document of external assurance of their 2012 RAP, done by Ernst and Young. Ernst and Young gave limited assurance that the 2012 performance indicators ...

Australian Ethical appoints Kate Greenhill to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... appointed Kate Greenhill FCA to the board as a non-executive director. Greenhill has more than 18 years' experience in assurance and advisory services in the financial services industry. She is a former partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and has worked ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... consider governance issues. The PRI research further found that 50% of companies said that some form of third party assurance certification on ESG activities "positively affects their appetite to do a deal," accord to the report. Respondents further ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... The company said it would work on furthering the accuracy and consistency of their CR&S reporting and seek third party assurance in 2013. Charter Hall reported that GRI guidelines have been applied to meet a "C" application level. Independent assurance ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
CPA Australia has published a guide designed to accountants' capacity to provide assurance on sustainability reports for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). Amir Ghandar The report, A Guide for Assurance on SME Sustainability Reports, is a practitioners' ...

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 ...