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Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... importance that both the company and its clients attach to SRI. Through our efforts I look forward to contributing to the development of the principles and standards of corporate responsibility." Standard Life Investments is headquartered in Edinburgh ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... try and address two key challenges - supply chain and ethical trade," said Tom Smith, head of marketing and business development at Sedex. "Marks and Spencer and Tesco had gone and set up their own questionnaire and code of conduct and found that duplication ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... (SEEA-Experimental Ecosystem Accounting), which is a synthesis of current knowledge and is a "starting point for the development of ecosystem accounting at national and sub-national levels," according to the white paper. It is an integrated accounting ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... end of October. Hagart has a strong background in improving ESG practices in corporations, most recently leading the development and implementation of the ESG risk management program within the Future Fund, said Gerard Noonan, ACSI president. He previously ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... commitment in our interaction with issuers and investors." Given the demand in the labelled green bond market from development banks, the model next should move to the corporate sector, Kidney said. "We now expect to see the model being used in the corporate ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Belinda Drew, CEO Foresters Community Finance. The fund was developed after Foresters set up its Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). Foresters was one of three fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... The Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will collaborate to drive private sector contribution to sustainable development goals. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability of our company." NAB engaged specialist sustainability communications agency, Republic of Everyone, in the development of the communications platform, Benson noted. Wealth of Opportunity is an overarching narrative of business strategy ...

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 ...