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Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... questionnaires and there was time loss." Smith was recently in Australia and presented on managing supply chain sustainability risk with Net Balance as well as meeting with Australian businesses to discuss their database. Sedex's Australian clients include ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... "Calls for the global investment community to be more transparent about how it is responding to the governance and sustainability challenges that define our era have grown louder since the financial crisis," said Wolfgang Engshuber, chair of the PRI ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... standards for corporate use as well. Dr Joanne Tingey-Holyoak, researcher, Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability (CAGS) at the University of South Australia Business School Earlier this month, the UN Statistics Divisions released a white ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... warranty units, and that these two things in conjunction de-risk the proposition." Foresters have previously told The Sustainability Report they charge a management fee of 1.4% on their funds. "In terms of the fees on the fund, as the fund manager, we ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... demonstrate accountability and transparency, and GRI noted that its G4 guidelines can be used for business to integrate sustainability into their strategies and to assess and articulate impacts on sustainable development. GRI, UNGC and WBSCD will develop ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... principles of lending are very much about that healthy relationship with money - we are making good decisions with sustainability principles at the heart of them and that has led us to a greater, deeper understanding of using those principles for better ...

UN Global Compact designs equities index that outperforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... performance of the GC 100 should not be seen as clear evidence of a causal relationship between a commitment to corporate sustainability practices and stock performance, there appears to be an exciting correlation," said Georg Kell, executive director ...

Dow Jones, RobecoSAM issue 2013 DJSI indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand Banking, Tabcorp and Stockland are industry group leaders in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) review. S&P Dow Jones Indices, in collaboration with RobecoSAM, have announced that the DJSI World Index 2013/2014 ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Companies that have signed the United Nations Global Compact are making commitments in keeping with the sustainability initiative's principles, but implementation, measurement, and communication all lag behind, the initiative reports. Companies are ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... applications. MSCI ESG Manager on Campus is a dedicated online ESG research platform for students and faculty researching sustainability issues, the effect of ESG factors on investment returns and other areas. It provides access to company research and ...