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IIRC appoints Peter Bakker deputy chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... separately listed companies - TNT Express NV and PostNL NV. Bakker is currently president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a coalition of CEOs from more than 200 companies, ccounting for more than US$7tr in revenue. "Peter Bakker's ...

The UpSide interview: Prof. Michael Grubb

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... a series of discussions with UK-based climate change economics and business experts in The UpSide: what next for a sustainable Australia? The interviews focus on topics ranging from "from leading global agreement negotiations to dealing with risk in ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Tellus Institute. US college and university endowments manage a combined US$400bn in assets, and had historically been "sustainable investing pioneers", but have lagged in recent years in three areas of examination - "1) the incorporation of ESG criteria ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... central to the local economy of many regional areas, we therefore need to take steps to ensure the industry has a sustainable future as we move to a carbon-constrained economy. It is a matter of doing things differently, improving on the past and continuing ...

City of Melbourne EUAs extended to include property trusts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... minor wording alteration that needed to be made, given some of the players in the marketplace," said Scott Bocskay, Sustainable Melbourne Fund chief executive. "Some property trusts are cross-collateralised property portfolios. If you have a portfolio ...

The UpSide interview: Dr Fraser Thompson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Kimmorley of Dr. Fraser Thompson of the McKinsey Global Institute - "How Australia can turn its Resource Curse into a Sustainable Jackpot". 02. The Upside - Dr Fraser Thompson from Hunter Gatherer on Vimeo. Kimmorley presents this interview, one in a ...

Accountancy profession a driver of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... adopted by many governments around the world, trying to bring together disciplines of every sort to help us towards a sustainable society," Burritt said. "Accounting has a small, important part to play in that, covering anything to do with operations ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Investments London, where he was head of responsible investment EAMA. Oulton is the vice president of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (EUROSIF) and a director of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Forum (UKSIF). Oulton will report to ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... be extended to all British large companies from 2016. Clegg announced the plan at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - otherwise known as the Rio+20 Summit. The Australian Stock Exchange does not require disclosure of greenhouse ...

Countries join to push sustainability reporting post Rio+20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... an initiative to commit to corporate sustainability reporting, in support of paragraph 47 of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development's outcome document. The four governments have invited the Global Reporting Initiative and the United Nations Environment ...