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ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... responsibility to do the right thing, and that violating human rights norms and standards carries a growing risk. "Australian business is waking up to the importance of human rights protections within supply chains," said Leeora Black, managing director ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has developed a new AU$250 million program to encourage Australian councils to invest in technologies to increase their energy efficiency and lower emissions. The CEFC Local Government Finance Program will ...

Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... consumers that Ross Hill has taken extensive, well-planned measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by their business," said Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates managing director. "Consumers and supply chains can trust it to be genuine, no green ...

Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Super has calculated its portfolio's carbon intensity and purchased offset credits with South Pole Group. "There's a business case for being fossil fuel free, and a case about risk and the management of stranded asset risk," said Simon Sheikh, managing ...

CEFC commits $100m to Australian Bioenergy Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... needs to change. Converting waste from agricultural production, mining, forestry and landfill has the potential to lower business operating costs, reduce the reliance on grid electricity and create a more sustainable way to manage waste disposal." CEFC ...

The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... - and improved firm productivity. BlackRock believes that if firms take a holistic view of the way they operate their business, including climate change impacts, "it is a mark of operational and management quality," Nash said. "I think it gives a view ...

GRI links connections between G4, UN Guiding Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... demonstrates the connections between the GRI G4 Reporting Guidelines and the concepts of the United Nations Guiding Principle on Business and Human Rights. GRI notes that there are linkages in the concepts of due diligence, grievance mechanisms and impact ...

GRI CEO discusses future of sustainability reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... - and government and everyone else. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who disagreed with the SDGs. Its' easy for a business to say yes, I think these specific five goals are what we're going to chase. So how do you actually implement that? How do ...

Cbus Super hires new investment manager - ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors. "I believe the finance industry can, and should, play a key role with integrating sustainability into business practices throughout the economy," Bradford said. "I'm looking forward to working for a dynamic and innovative fund ...

WBCSD, CDSB, Ecodesk to develop The Reporting Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and Ecodesk are developing The Reporting Exchange, which will be a free global sustainability reporting knowledge platform. The Reporting Exchange ...