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ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... understanding and support for our CSR/sustainability approach" was the highest priority, with 65% of respondents saying that was a high or very high priority. The second highest priority at 59% was managing regulatory impacts and measuring impacts and ...

IIRC, IASB agree to more cooperation on reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... the IFRS Foundation, an independent, private sector, not-for-profit organisation. IASB's role is to develop a single set of high quality global accounting standards that provide high quality transparent and comparable information in general purpose financial ...

AMP Capital invests in North American wind farm portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Capistrano Wind Partners will provide our investors with additional geographical diversification and exposure to a portfolio of high-quality wind projects." AMP Capital is investing in a consortium of three other infrastructure investors, and EME manages ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... CEO. Food manufacturers are exposed to increase operational costs, specifically due to energy pricing and the impact of a high Australian dollar, said Andrew Newby, Wiley business development director. "But through process, air conditioning, and refrigeration ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... vice-chancellor, in an announcement from Jakarta. "Professor John Thwaites and director Professor Dave Griggs are building a high-impact research capability of global significance, and sustainable development is clearly one of the most important issues ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility - that found that three quarters of ASX100 companies operate in a sector or country deemed "high-risk" for corruption, up from 56% in 2006. The ACSI report said that 126 of ASX200 companies are exposed to countries deemed ...

GNDI: encourage board diversity, but not by quotas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
A diverse corporate board can have a significant, positive impact on business outcomes, but mandatory quotas are not the most effective way to improve board diversity, according to a joint policy paper issued by the Global Network of Director Institutes ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... natural capital, issues that increasingly matter on corporate and investment levels. "Sustainability indicators work with high-level aggregated indicators, but for someone like me who works in the field, it's about balancing the breadth of the information ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
There are US$178.5bn of sustainable investments in Australia, representing about 18% of total assets under management, with integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors being the single largest strategy employed by sustainable investors ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Unlisted alternative assets can provide access to sustainability themes without the volatility exposures that come with listed market investments, and Mercer has said it is seeking to identify quality managers in this space. Helga Birgden Mercer's responsible ...