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Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... similar process at Stockland, whereby the discussion of materiality has proved a catalyst to an integrated approach at the company. "I think it's really coming back to materiality which is the greatest value for us," McEwan said. "It's about breaking ...

The hidden movement: how responsible brands strike back

STEPHEN HALE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... consumer research on buying patterns showed that the top three sources of buying information are, 'My own research', 'Company website' and 'News or magazine articles'. With all of these being two to three times larger than any other factor. It's not ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... things that were quite impressive - it's got a very strong board with a chairman who has been a successful CEO and listed company chairman - Richard Carter- and other members with senior executive experience in the financial services industry. RA: You ...

UN Global Compact, GRI most cited CSR instruments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... and Swedish sample companies refer to internationally recognised CSR instruments more often than the average EU sample company," the survey said. "Dutch, French and Italian companies were about average for the sample, and Czech, German, Polish and UK ...

CEC to partner with American Council on Renewable Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... US delegation representatives include Citigroup, Denham Capital, Deutsche Bank, First Solar, IBM, Lockheed Martin, S&C Company, Recurrent, Sungevity, SolarReserve, Sunpower, and Skadden Arps. "Baker & McKenzie is very pleased to assist in the formal ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... will never happen?" There are three dimensions investors can examine to reduce these leakages - the investment chain, the company level and the systems level. In the investment chain, Mercer proposed reducing turnover in portfolios in favour of higher ...

ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... 2014. Currently, 66% of boards have failed to reach that standard requirement. According to the ACSI audit, the median company board is made up of 6 men and 1 woman. Furthermore, only 4% (8) of board chairs are women and 4% (8) of CEOs are women There ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... industry they operate in, the balance sheet and also ESG characteristics. We're trying to identifying the sustainability of a company's earnings. For our SRI product in particular, we use the CAER database and we run a number of questions across the ...

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Business School - reviewed five years of sustainability performance data on 287 ASX listed companies. "A CSV score for each company was derived by rating a subset of 26 variables that could be described as best-fit proxies for CSV-type behaviour, aligned ...

GRI and IIRC sign agreement for closer cooperation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... stakeholders. "Integrated Reporting is a powerful lever to mainstream sustainability disclosure where it relates to a company's ability to create and sustain value," Ligteringen said. "Investors are increasingly recognizing that the value of an organization ...