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Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... expectation is that reporting will become better and more transparent post-July. Most experts that spoke with The Sustainability Report believe that liable entities' annual reports for the 2011-2012 financial year, which will come out from September ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... how companies should disclose and communicate "material" business risks, including: operational, environmental, sustainability, compliance, strategic, ethical, reputation or brand, technological, product or service quality, human capital, financial reporting ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... characteristics, as well as citing the belief by green bond issuers that there is a correlation between financial sustainability and environmental, social and governance factors. The Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence ...

Countries join to push sustainability reporting post Rio+20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... The governments of Brazil, Denmark, France and South Africa have joined in 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 ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... investment process since its 2005 inception. Ross Youngman, CEO and Kim Tracey, portfolio manager, speak with The Sustainability Report about their approach, their positioning in the market and why ESG analysis matters to risk and return considerations. ...

ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The vast majority of ASX200 companies do not provide a sufficient level of disclosure on sustainability risk and disclosure "continues to be of questionable quality," according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ...

IIRC to publish integrated reporting framework in 2013

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... recent years, for example to incorporate risk disclosure into financial reporting. In addition the development of sustainability reporting provides a new dimension from which to consider value creation and preservation. "Despite these innovations, understanding ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... language put into the Rio+20 outcomes documents calling for listed and large private companies around the world to put sustainability information into their reporting documentation. GRI has joined the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition and ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... signals into consideration when making investment decisions. Mathew McCrum, director, investments, talks with The Sustainability Report about the strategy, and how ESG signals can be used to minimise volatility and maximise return. Matthew McCrum, director ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... phase, consistent with the amount of operational control that AMP Capital has on an asset," AMP Capital told The Sustainability Report. Alison Cunniffe is ESG and sustainability manager for AMP Capital's infrastructure division. Two members of AMP Capital's ...