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Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... implementation survey. The survey was completed by more than 1300 signatories, and 49% of signatories reported that their sustainability commitments are developed or evaluated at the management board level. Of the four areas covered under the Global ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... allocation because we think that green bonds are an excellent innovation in finance," said Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at LGS. "You can direct attention into certified green products. It's as much about transparency as anything else. You know ...

Pangolin Associates to partner with PKF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... PKF director of national enterprise advisers. "Their expertise will complement our experienced climate change and sustainability team."

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... engagement and you can't do one without the other," said Sandy Blackburn-Wright, head of organisational Mentoring, sustainability and community involvement, Westpac Group. "You have to understand the issues, and the only way to understand the issue is ...

Former SA Premier Rann appointed Low Carbon Australia Chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... addition to serving as South Australia's premier from 2002 to 2011, Rann was also South Australia's minister for sustainability and climate change from 2006 until 2001. The South Australian government passed Australia's first climate change legislation ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... able to justify those figures, particularly if you want to pass them down the supply chain." See Also: Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... written and the analysts have started using those reports, said Pablo Berrutti, manager - responsible investment and sustainability at Perpetual. "Some want to use it as engagement tool - we've had a couple of analysts that have gone into company meetings ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... consumers are paying the full price." But Russell Marsh, policy director at the Clean Energy Council, told The Sustainability Report that there is no need to reduce the multiplier ahead of the June 30 target date, saying that tinkering with the system ...

Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Australia is one of the top ten countries for sustainability reporting using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework, according to a statistical analysis of the GRI Sustainability Disclosure database. Australia had 4% of the total number of ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... only 20-30% of those respondents measure and report energy, waste and water usage regularly. In their annual Fund Sustainability Review 2012, SuperRatings found that the introduction of the carbon pricing regime in July is spurring a drive towards sustainability ...