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Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... changes mandated by the government's Stronger Super reforms, fund still have a need to evolve their integration and communication of sustainability themes. As part of the reforms, superannuation funds must report to the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... disclosures in a more meaningful fashion, said Gudrun Kopp, Parliamentary State Secretary, Germany "I think we need new communication strategies because for me personally, I am responsible to explain to my constituents what we are doing," she said. "Transparency ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... progress, G4 provides clear linkages with our ten principles that will help any company preparing a Global Compact Communication on Progress (COP) to align its reporting with the GRI Guidelines." Global Compact and GRI will now collaborate on new innovations ...

CA Technologies: increased focus on IT energy consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
IT services provider CA Technologies says there is increased consumer demand for companies to manage IT energy consumption and carbon emissions, driving increased uptake of their enterprise software products, and impacting CA Technologies' sustainability ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... of companies in our portfolios we voted on more than 16,000 resolutions in 2012," the report said. "Our ongoing communication with companies is something that we value greatly. Accordingly a significant amount of emphasis is put on ensuring that any ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... responsive to their members - you couldn't fault the speed of response for some funds," he said. "They take member communication very seriously.... What's also clear is that a lot of these funds haven't done proper analysis around climate change risk ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... is intended to meet the information needs of providers of financial capital, but the IIRC says that reports and communication that are structured around IR will be of benefit to other stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers, business partners ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... integrated reporting (IR) framework released by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has yielded better communication between internal stakeholders and more robust conversations about materiality, strategic focus and future orientation ...

The hidden movement: how responsible brands strike back

STEPHEN HALE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Ed Note: The Sustainability Report welcomes this comment from Stephen Hale, a director at Core and former founding MD of OgilvyEarth. Core is an independent Sydney-based marketing and strategy agency Stephen Hale The other day a well known marketing ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... getting rid of the board, directors will face fresh elections at a subsequent spill meeting. In addition to increasing communication around remuneration reports, companies are also now more open to talking about other environmental, social and governance ...