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GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Compact participants to report on their progress, G4 provides clear linkages with our ten principles that will help any company preparing a Global Compact Communication on Progress (COP) to align its reporting with the GRI Guidelines." Global Compact ...

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... no specific detail on Bangladesh. Specialty Fashion Group provided no other information." In addition to asking if the company bought from the Rana Plaza factory, Prior and Woolford asked if the companies were taking any additional specific measures ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) has called for a safe harbour provision to allow company directors to make forward-looking statements such those outlined in the Integrated Reporting (IR) framework. Judith Fox, director, policy, Chartered Secretaries ...

Graham Dooley new president of Australian Water Association

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... University in Washington DC. He is a fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Blue Sky Water Partners is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Sky Alternative Investments, and invests in ...

CA Technologies: increased focus on IT energy consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... the chief executive officer. "We use our own software to help us manage, measure, and drive sustainability within the company," she said. "We experienced the fact that our IT guys and our facilities guys... need to communicate and that they didn't have ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... notes is an improvement of 4% from the 2012 findings. The report also states that there is a degree of correlation between company practices on reporting ESG and other ESG factors including a "high correlation of ACSI voting against board endorsed resolutions ...

ESG risks impact transport sector earnings, share price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Few companies include contractors in their safety statistics, for example. "As an investor, you're assessing what each company is doing," he said. "What you have in front of you as an investor is data like LTIFR which doesn't tell the full picture - ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... so hard to convince them of the case." In the case of Techno Plas, a plastics and specialist moulding manufacturer, the company applied for a grant of AU$212,740 from the Clean Technology Investment Program to partially pay for the purchase and replacement ...

Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... capability, and that is something that the combined merger of our skills and experience can assist." Beyond individual company initiatives, Neil said there is an increased demand from public and private sector to ulitlise products from recycled materials ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... commitments to strengthen its responsible investment structure, including forming a third committee to "support and inform company engagement and to promote collaboration across investment teams," as well as reviewing and updating responsible investment ...