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South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... which will obviously complement what would get passed. It's not entirely complete, but they can be dealt within the guidelines and regulations." It is significant that the proposed Building Upgrade Finance legislation applies to the whole state. Adelaide ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainability issues in 2014, corporate Australia is likely to focus on the transition to the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 guidelines, defining and reducing environmental and social risks in the supply chain and defining the social value metrics ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Thirteen global investment banks have endorsed the Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bonds. Marilyn Ceci, managing director, JPMorgan Chase corporate investment bank Bank of America Merrill ...

ICGN names Kerrie Waring managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Network of Investor Associations. She is currently leading the review of ICGN's flagship Global Corporate Governance Guidelines. Waring has previously held senior corporate governance positions at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales ...

GRI, RAFI to collaborate on human rights reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunities for the language of the reporting and assurance frameworks to dovetail with the GRI sustainability reporting guidelines," according to GRI, such that the two organisations present clear guidance on how to report on UNGP implementation. ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... complex and not transparent. "Companies are asking for help in formulating steps to improve performance and sourcing guidelines as well as developing appropriate key performance indicators for work with supply chains," CDP said in the report. "... Companies ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... and forward looking as a result of the bank's use of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)'s draft guidelines to produce integrated annual reports, according to Damien Walsh, managing director. Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director ...

GRI launches 2013 taxonomy, online G4 support tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... organisations to produce digital sustainability reports using G3.1, G3 and the recently released G4 sustainability reporting guidelines by tagging sustainability data to make it machine-readable. The GRI Taxonomy 2013 is developed using XBRL (eXtensible ...

ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... and Metals (ICMM) have agreed to prepare their sustainability report to the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G4 guidelines. The requirement to report to the core option of the G4 guidelines takes effect for the year ending 31 December 2015, and each ...

DLA Piper: climate change legal risk in property development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... advising local government authorities on how to navigate the climate change consideration requirements. "We provide guidelines for organisations that enable them to understand and assess their climate legal risk," he said. "We do this by considering ...