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Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... and independent way of letting their customers and stakeholder know that they take corporate responsibility and sustainability seriously. This index provides a unique opportunity for companies to publically profile their performance." The CR Index has ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... that have participated in the Business Network during the pilot phase. NAB and Stockland have previously told The Sustainability Report that the process of testing the IR framework has yielded better communication between internal stakeholders and more ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the proposal adopted by the European Commission, companies are not required to write a fully-fledged or detailed sustainability report, although companies that do so are considered to meet the new standard. The new directive, which amends existing accounting ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... something else. If you really do believe in the scenario, what is the best thing to do? Can you mitigate the risks? Sustainability research looks, amongst other things, at how ESG risks can be mitigated." Value at risk diminishes the longer fossil fuel ...

Local Government Super adopts private equity ESG framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... than 10 leading general partners from 11 countries and is based around the International Finance Corporation's sustainability framework, said Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at LGS. "It's a common sense approach to looking at private equity investments ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has focused on three priority areas in its 2013-2017 sustainability strategy -responding to shifts in demographic and cultural change, creating economic solutions to environmental challenges, and helping customers achieve sustainable financial ...

Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... capitals affect the long term survival of any company and influence its value creation," says Rachel Jackson, head of sustainability at ACCA, in a statement. "Reporting on them is therefore a crucial element in future corporate reporting and will be ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... well-loved attractions of international standing, Melbourne, Werribee and Healesville are ideally placed to showcase how sustainability works and to inspire visitors across all generations to think twice about how their actions can make a difference." ...

SIRIS placed into administration, company confirms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Independent sustainability research firm the Sustainable Investment Research Institute (SIRIS) has been put administration, the company confirms. "We've been trying for about 18 months to find what we've referred to as a strategic investor, where what ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... "Last year, for us, was about getting the right narrative at Stockland, bringing together key financials with key sustainability elements and being concise and accessible." The result of the IR pilot test at Stockland yielded a 60-page annual review ...