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Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Asset Management Banarra, a Sydney-based consultancy that offers a range of services pertaining to managing and analysing ESG issues, recently issued a report that looked at the sustainability reporting of 10 companies - ANZ, BHP Billiton, BlueScope ...

GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... concentrate on sustainability reporting, but take the wider issues of corporate social responsibility and developments in ESG and embed that across the program. We've sought not to treat sustainability reporting as a discrete discipline or area."

UN PRI rolls out mandatory fees, expanded agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... this month as the organisation embarks on a plan to increase its presence in markets around the world and provide guidance on ESG reporting into new asset classes. The fees run on a sliding scale based on assets under management for asset owners/managers ...

PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... he will also work with the implementation support team in delivering tools and strategies to assist investors to integrate ESG factors into investments. PRI is an investor-led initiative backed by the UN. It was established to help investors achieve ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
Chi Woo, KPMG There is growing acceptance that Australian companies should report ESG factors to their shareholders, and a call by stakeholders for greater depth and clarity in the information reported. Sustainability reporting has been hampered by ...

Mercer expands ESG consulting capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
Mercer has hired Dr. Richard Fuller to its investment consulting division, enhancing its ESG capabilities for clients. Fuller joins Mercer from HESTA Super Fund where he served as investments analyst, PRI. At HESTA, he created the fund's ESG and Active ...

MSCI developing global Socially Responsible Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... views," according to the firm. The proposed indices would target companies with high Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings in comparison to sector peers and would exclude companies that are inconsistent with specific "values based criteria." ...