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More than 3,000 respond to GRI comment periods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Initiative. "We have received a record amount of feedback on the G4 exposure draft - this really shows how far sustainability reporting has come since GRI released its first guidelines in 2000," said Nelmara Arbex, GRI deputy chief executive in a media ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement in the property and industry sectors. McDonald talks to The Sustainability Report on how LCAL's model encourages private sector investment in energy efficiency and carbon abatement technology, how ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... development of the national broadband network. Sean Kidney "There's a flight to yield with quality," Kidney told The Sustainability Report. "What investors are looking for is not AAA - there is too much AAA. It's negative money these days in Europe. ...

Carol Adams named director of secretariat for AA1000 series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 director, council member and member of the writing ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... of Australia's largest business banks, and we are a huge banker to agribusiness," said Rosemary Bissett, head of sustainability governance and risk, enterprise risk, NAB. "I think that will help you understand why it starts to make sense that a bank ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... policies and implementing action plans over a number of years." Stockland is also engaging with its supply chain on sustainability issues. In the 2012 financial year, the company "achieve[d] the specified annual level of procurement from Australian Indigenous ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... and institutional investors need a similar level of transformation to their investment value chain to integrate sustainability into their decision-making. Hugh Dougherty Towers Watson has developed a framework to assist investors in integrating sustainability ...

ANZ, GPT Group named 2012 DJSI supersector leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank and GPT Group have been named supersector leaders for banking and real estate in the 2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) review. DJSI has released its annual update to its sustainability indices, as announced by SAM, an investment ...

Local Government Super recognised at Green Globe Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... long-term investment sense by reducing environmental risks and seeking low carbon investment opportunities. Secondly, sustainability issues are important for many of our members." The fund was the joint winner of the energy award for refurbishing 76 ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Australian property companies and funds outperform regional peers in implementing sustainability strategies into their portfolios, according to the third Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The 42 listed and private company and fund ...