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Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... employees, suppliers, community and the environment against standards for social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. "We've known about the movement for a couple of years now, and we started about mid-last year to pursue the ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... skills and the investment experience in the field to be well placed to make sure there is high order due diligence, accountability and reporting. It's the impact investors that don't have that depth within the team and understanding of the specialist ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... improving, progress in responding to them is varied and in many cases insufficient. We need to see greater corporate accountability through more transparency, concrete targets and goals and board level oversight of water-related issues." Six Australian ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... unnecessary duplication across reporting requirements and transition to GRI sustainability reporting: for transparency, accountability, and a brighter national and global future." See Also: More than 3,000 respond to GRI comment periods ESG disclosures ...

Carol Adams named director of secretariat for AA1000 series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... named director of the secretariat for the AA1000 standards series at global think tank and advisory services firm AccountAbility. Carol Adams Adams, pro vice-chancellor (Sustainability) and professor at La Trobe University, has previously served at non-executive ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... respondents have internal resources dedicated to sustainability, and "all but one respondent have senior management accountability for sustainability," GRESB reported. "While there remains room for improvement in the collection and management of environmental ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... report said that Billabong is the only listed Australian company to sign up to SA8000, a global auditable social accountability standard, but noted "the main criticism against SA8000 is that the auditing is not as rigid as it should be." The report said ...

AusLSA to provide access to environmental measurement tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... that by making it easier to report we will encourage more members to report, thus increasing the transparency and accountability of the environmental impacts of the legal sector," Wilson said. "Rather than using static spreadsheets the online portal ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... quite dangerous," said Peter Murphy, CEO of Christian Super. "I love what they're trying to do, which is bring accountability to things of social or environmental impact. Where you can trace that back to financial outcomes, whether it's in the form of ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... indicators, including the seniority of those with responsibility for RI in the organisation. There are high levels of accountability to leadership in Australia. Q: I would imagine that when you look from country to country, the levels and issues of engagement ...