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MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... corporate governance. There is four years of raw data, including water use and lost-time injury rates; indicators on business and geographic risk exposure; policies, systems, and targets; and seven years of historical data on ESG ratings and scores. ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... that combine economic and environmental sustainability in the state of Victoria. Environment Victoria and Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) developed The Future Economy Group, and they say their mission is to quantify how vulnerable Victoria's economy ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
There is a new push in Australia to raise the profile of the co-operative and mutual business model, which proponents say inherently melds social and economic goals while contributing to a diversified economy. Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO (Photo courtesy ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... data that allows suppliers to share performance with buyers in areas such as labour, health and safety, environment and business ethics. Buyers that use Sedex access targeted, verified information on material risks while reducing duplication of effort ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Tingey-Holyoak, researcher, Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability (CAGS) at the University of South Australia Business School Earlier this month, the UN Statistics Divisions released a white paper outlining the System of Environmental-Economic ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
International insurer Catlin Group has sponsored a survey of the world's coral reefs to monitor and assess the effects of climate change and the damage to coral. Photo courtesy of Catlin Global Reef Record The Catlin Seaview Survey is conducting the ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... The Climate Bonds Initiative cited SEB's leadership as an example of how a relatively small bank can create significant business through promoting climate change bond issuance. "After years of hard work of early investors, issuers and banks - it is great ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... administer the AU$20m SEDIF, which was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities. "As we launched the SEDIF fund over the last few years, we ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will collaborate to drive private sector contribution to sustainable development goals. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Opportunity is a narrative designed to communicate the bank's commitment to putting corporate responsibility into its business strategy. "Over the last 12 to 18 months, we've been thinking about how we communicate this better," Benson said. "We think ...