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Global Reporting Initiative launch process for new standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... providers. "To make sure the guidance is optimal, we need the input of stakeholders from around the world," said Lisa French, director - reporting framework at GRI, in a statement. "What topics should be included? What should the new framework look like? ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... favour for it to pass. Although unsuccessful, the motion was called a "good first endeavour" by James Thier, a founding director of Australian Ethical Investment and co-founder of the Climate Advocacy Fund, which proposed the amendment. "This was the ...

Diane Grady appointed to Macquarie board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Macquarie Group has appointed Diane Grady to its board as a non-executive director, making her the third woman on the board. The appointment is effective as of 19 May. Grady has been a full time independent director since 1994 and has served on boards ...

Nominations open for GRI's Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... but council members do not represent their employers. Currently, there are four members from Australia: Robyn Leeson, director, Net Balance Foundation; Caroline Noller, head, corporate responsibility, the GPT Group; Julian E. C. Poulter, executive director ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... real take-away was what those reporters thought in terms of who their stakeholders are," said Richard Boele, managing director of Banarra. "It is quite remarkable that two out of 10 did not consider their employees stakeholders. Eight out of 10 reporters ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... noted. The judging panel was made up of Victorian Department of Primary Industries Energy Sector Development Division Director Ralph Griffiths, Latrobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability's Research Fellow Stephen Muir and Sustainable ...

PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired Rob Lake as director of strategic development, effective 16 May. Rob Lake Lake will be responsible for PRI's country networks, signatory outreach and recruitment, the academic network and the public ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... and that show the relevance of sustainability issues for the strategy of the organization," said Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR), an independent management consulting and training firm. ...

"Steady but modest" increase in number of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... lack of diverse skills and experiences can hold corporate boards and their companies back," said John Jarrett, GMI's director of international research, in a statement. "Increasing the proportion of women on boards is not a 'nice to have,' but a business ...

"Two Strikes" policy for directors over executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... general meetings under legislation introduced this week. If passed, the Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 will take effect from 1 July. "This bill will ensure that we have an internationally ...