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Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... profiles and public and potential impacts are the one who have always been expected to report," she said. "If you look at the mining and minerals sector, it's just expected that they'll report. The financial services sector is expected to report because ...

Seven ASX 200 boards with no women, 64 with only one: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... ASX-listed companies with no women on boards has shrunk from 11 to seven, with Qube Holdings, CIMIC Holdings, Evolution Mining, and Mineral Resources Limited announcing that they would put appointments of female candidates to their AGM. The remaining ...

Globally, few companies can effectively demonstrate climate risk disclosure: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... companies over the past four years. SSGA believes it is particularly important for companies in the oil and gas, utilities and mining sectors to demonstrate this capability, given that in those sectors, long investment horizons could render assets stranded. ...

WA ranks 8th globally in National Resource Governance Institute assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
Western Australia's iron ore mining sector scores 71 of 100 points and ranks eighth of 89 governing jurisdictions assessed for governance of their oil, gas and mining sectors in the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI), conducted by the National Resource ...

Mining sector showing "signs of progress" on emissions management, face continued risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
The mining sector is showing "signs of progress in its operational emissions management, reduced exposure to thermal coal and capital allocation in the context of a low-carbon transition," but continues to face continued risk from downstream regulation ...

Australian, NZ organisations consider impacts of bribery, corruption: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Companies will be operating in different jurisdictions, different products and services, building power plants, might be mining coal in Indonesia, different regions, different jurisdictions. The logical place to start is with exposure." The survey notes ...

Removing complicity in modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... In leading companies zero tolerance is the norm. Andrew Forrest, Chair of Fortescue Metals, has acknowledged that in the mining industry ' We had slavery in our supply chains'. Fortescue used direct action as the strategy to weed out instances of forced ...

Directors speak to evolving, expanding role of corporate boards at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... engagement in the context of the Adani coal mine and Aurizon's role in transporting coal from the controversial proposed mining development. "For me, it fundamentally starts and stops with the investment," Poole said to the audience attending the ACSI ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... prove impractical. "For example, consider Australia and the environmental impacts of the fossil fuel sector," he said. "[Mining and resources companies] are a significant part of a small index, and excluding it may have severe consequences. However ...

ARENA commits $2.1 million to moveable SunSHIFT solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... presents several advantages for different applications. Projects that only last a handful of years, like construction and mining operations, could benefit from SunSHIFT without having to rely on the typical 20-plus year payback period for solar installations." ...