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Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... about how corporations disclose and communicate their performance." In May, IIRC CEO Paul Druckman told The Sustainability Report he supports widening the business judgment rule to allow corporate directors to make forward-looking statements. "We need ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... and how investors in real assets value and manage those risks and opportunities. Panellists spoke with The Sustainability Report after the conference. "I think it's difficult because you would normally have such a small percentage of your portfolio invested ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance investment principles, Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at LGS, told The Sustainability Report at the time. See Also: Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... target market in Bangalore is the residents of slums who earn day wages. Pollinate Energy previously told The Sustainability Report that women earn around 200 rupees a day on average and men can earn 300 to 500 rupees per day on average. If people have ...

GRI launches 2013 taxonomy, online G4 support tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched the GRI Taxonomy 2013 and G4 Online, a web-based tool to support organisations preparing sustainability reports to the G4 standard. The GRI Taxonomy 2013 enables organisations to produce digital sustainability ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The Sustainability Report moderated this live panel debate in Sydney covering how to incorporate ESG analysis into the design and oversight of fixed income portfolios ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Labor Party and the Australian Greens have said they will not support the repeal. Legal experts told The Sustainability Report that if the legislation repealing the CPM is not passed before 1 July 2014, liable entities face uncertainty because the CPM ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Finlayson is in Australia to meet with clients and potential asset servicing clients and spoke with The Sustainability Report on the increased transparency demands surrounding alternative investments, particularly private equity analysis. He said that ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... last month. LGS invested $1 million, and was one of 14 investors to participate in the offer, LGS told The Sustainability Report. The bond will fund environmentally sustainable projects in the areas of as energy efficiency, clean energy, water management ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... to have a control group," Sandy Blackburn-Wright, the then-head of social innovation at Westpac told The Sustainability Report in June, when The Benevolent Society SBB was launched. "From a social work perspective, it's tricky to withhold care, but there's ...