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ANZ reviewing "sensitive sector" policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank is reviewing its sensitive sector policies to ensure that their corporate responsibility framework is consistent with their customer engagement in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors including water, forestry, energy and mining and ...

Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... make the connection between the organisation's strategy, its financial performance and its performance on environmental, social and governance issues," the report said in its introduction. "Much of what is currently reported tends to be backward-looking ...

Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
A growing number of mining and metals companies are providing data on social and environmental impacts, according to a report by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). Of the ICCM's 18 members, 17 reported on their sustainability performance ...

GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... "What we've sought to do is not so much 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 ...

UN PRI rolls out mandatory fees, expanded agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Australian signatories to develop their expertise achieving long-term investment returns through analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. "It's important that we provide the support and the resources to the Australian signatories ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Victorian Department of Primary Industries Energy Sector Development Division Director Ralph Griffiths, Latrobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability's Research Fellow Stephen Muir and Sustainable Investment Research Institute's (SIRIS) ...

PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... investors achieve better long-term investment returns and sustainable markets through improved analysis of environmental, social and governance issues. PRI has over 870 signatories from 45 countries with more than US$ 25tr of assets under management ...

SP AusNet contributes to Gippsland Sports Academy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Energy distributor SP AusNet will contribute $15,000 over three years to the Gippsland Sports Academy in Victoria. "We see this as an investment in excellence - one that aims to provide greater skilling for our Gippsland youth," said Jim Haylock, SP ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... issues for the strategy of the organization," said Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR), an independent management consulting and training firm. "The GRI, if it is applied meaningfully ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... the asset should move than the water should move," Fabian said. "They're not necessarily going to engage in the broader social issues that might be raised by a drought, although they might see in time that the country's risk rating might be changed by ...