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NAB, bankmecu win at Australasian Reporting Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has been recognised for its sustainability reporting, while bankmecu won an award for integrated reporting at the 2013 Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA). Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director The ARA awards are intended ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... foremost, to be a professional investor seeking to maximise retirement benefits for our member," Rodwell-Ball told The Sustainability Report. "So, while we subscribe to UN Principles for Responsible Investment and environmental, social and governance ...

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 ...