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CDP signs agreements with SASB, GRI to further standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
CDP has signed separate agreements to partner with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) with the intention of improving corporate reporting of climate change and sustainability issues. SASB is ...

IIRC CEO favours market-led adoption of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... will stifle better disclosure and better communication." Previously, Chartered Secretaries Australia has told The Sustainability Report that without a safe harbour provision to permit forward-looking statements, corporate directors could be exposed to ...

Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... the government's Stronger Super reforms, fund still have a need to evolve their integration and communication of sustainability themes. As part of the reforms, superannuation funds must report to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority about their ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... eliminate bad practices. Which in our case means that we have a stable, better informed, longer term prosperity and sustainability and accountability in the long term. So we see this as something which is not a smokescreen and not something that is an ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption being fully aligned with the newly launched G4 GRI sustainability standards. "The UN Global Compact welcomes G4 and our renewed partnership with GRI, as we recognise that strategic engagement ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published the newest version of its sustainability reporting guidelines, G4, at its annual global conference. G4 is a significantly revised document and places stronger emphasis on materiality and will encourage ...

CA Technologies: increased focus on IT energy consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions, driving increased uptake of their enterprise software products, and impacting CA Technologies' sustainability strategies. Peter Sharples, senior director, virtualisation automation and sustainability, CA Technologies "We have had successful ...

SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... tailored payment arrangement as the organisation will be refurbishing the business in the initial phase, SEFA told The Sustainability Report at the time. SEFA has more projects in the process of being evaluated for finance, Rickards said. "We have some ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Suncorp and Brambles are in the top 10 holdings of the ASX50 index. "Clearly, there are sectors of the economy where sustainability has been incorporated and has been easier to incorporate," Thomas said. "The banks have done a lot of work on their own ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... of the ASX200 are still rated as no reporting or basic reporting. Ann Byrne In its sixth year of research, The Sustainability Reporting Practices of S&P/ASX 200 Companies: 2013 also follows through on a move flagged by ACSI last year to name both the ...