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BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainability progress with remuneration and have strong stakeholder engagement on sustainability, according to the Business in the Community (BITC) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Index. BITC have released the 2014 CR Index, which ranks 98 companies ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... reporting framework that companies must use, but encouraged companies to use frameworks such as GRI, the UNGC, the UNGP on Business and Human Rights, OECD Guidelines, ISO 26000 and the ILO Tripartite Declaration.

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... (FCP) fund in the United States into a second phase. During that time, the company also purchased an operating sawmilling business, Timberlink Australia, through an ANZFF investment and invested in the first TAFF investment - a timber plantation project ...

ASX reports on progress towards gender diversity targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... policy, an increase from 58% last year. The report for ASX noted that "increasing numbers of entities articulated the business benefits of diversity," but also found that companies setting measurable objectives did not increase significantly among the ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Score (NTQS) with third-party ESG rankings to generate model equity portfolios that "gaug[e]the efficacy of a company's business model along numerous quantifiable dimensions such as earnings patterns, cash flow, capital structure, and capital expenditures," ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... they manage waste water, particularly when usage is at its maximum during vintage, he said. "Wineries are very long-term business investments," Barrett said. "All the investments we are making are about the long term. Some have an impact on the short-term ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... climate change and sustainability services partner. "More investors than I imagined are using non-financial info to take business decisions," Bell said. "Two-thirds of investors say they evaluate non-financial information using some technique, and 89% ...

IIRC, GISR agree to collaborate on integrated standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) have agreed to work towards complementarity and compatibility in the ongoing development of their frameworks and standards. Paul Druckman ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... economy. That has been demonstrated in previous inquiries, because it covers everything from social housing, to indigenous business, and so on." In their submission, SVA recommended establishing a social investment bank and pointed to the UK's Big Society ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Victoria Whitaker, head of Australia for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). In a joint statement with Sustainable Business Australia, GRI noted that by introducing Recommendation 7.4, ASX joins Bovespa Brazil, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Shen-Zeng ...