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Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... based on listings on the GRI website, Net Balance said. With the roll-out of the Global Reporting Initiative's new G4 guidelines, which emphasises reporting material sustainability impacts, the number of companies using GRI is expected to rise, the report ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... getting the outside validation." ACSI noted that their annual research this year comes in the context of new reporting guidelines and regulations from ASIC and the ASX Corporate Governance Council, which will have implications for companies' sustainability ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... to engage with companies over this issue of pricing of underwriting fees. "We would go back to the ACSI governance guidelines, which say boards should seek to minimise the costs of reading new equity," Harut said. "I think it's as part of the board's ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia recently hosted a webinar for Australian stakeholders to outline the process and invite feedback. "The G4 guidelines were established with the intention of being standards-ready," said Victoria Whitaker, head of Australia for GRI. "They are ...

LUCRF selects Northern Trust for ESG-screened mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... objectives," Northern Trust told The Sustainability Report. "By providing a segregated mandate, factoring in LUCRFs investment guidelines and restrictions we can offer LUCRF optimised portfolio management as opposed to a fully indexed approach. In doing ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Corporate Governance Council's recent introduction of principle 7.4 in the third edition of its Corporate Governance Guidelines, and a change to Principle 4, which puts the board in charge of oversight of corporate reporting, where the prior edition ...

Green Bond Principles jumps to 25 banking supporters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bond - nearly doubled its number of supporters to 25 and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has been appointed secretariat. The Green ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... use, but encouraged companies to use frameworks such as GRI, the UNGC, the UNGP on Business and Human Rights, OECD Guidelines, ISO 26000 and the ILO Tripartite Declaration.

ASX reports on progress towards gender diversity targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... this a challenge." This is the second full year in which listed entities have been asked to comply with ASX governance guidelines on a number of guidelines to encourage gender diversity practices. "It is encouraging that the cultural acceptance of diversity ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... value generation?" While investors who responded to the survey did not name a specific preference in terms of reporting guidelines or standards of presentation, Bell noted that the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 guidelines address both materiality ...