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Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... founding signatories. CDSB was by the World Economic Forum in 2007. It is managed by CDP with the mandate to provide business leaders and financial experts with practical tools to report on natural capital in mainstream financial reports. "We are pleased ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... survey has uncovered an encouraging development: Smaller companies are increasingly taking steps to catch up to their "big business" peers." Another challenge for companies was extending action down to the supply chain - the report found that while 83% ...

Australian Ethical Investment to reorganise business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments is restructuring its business, including a "substantial" reduction of its Canberra operations and outsourcing some functions. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director Australian Ethical announced the changes will ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... companies to underestimate their carbon impact. The report notes that 72% of the Global 500 measure emissions associated with business travel, but business travel equates to just 0.2% of the sample's reported scope 3 emissions. So while nearly all financial ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... analysis through MSCI ESG IVA for ESG ratings, MSCI ESG Impact Monitor for reputational risk assessments and MSCI ESG Business Involvement Screening Research. "MSCI on Campus was developed to expose students to the cutting-edge concepts underpinning ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Declaration," said Rana Kapoor, MD and CEO, YES BANK. "Natural capital considerations should be at the epicentre of all business and financial decisions. At YES BANK we firmly believe that the financial sector needs to take a leadership role in promoting ...

Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the view that the current targeting by tobacco companies of young people in developing countries is not a sustainable business model and opens Cbus to investment and reputation risk." Cbus also cited the health impact of tobacco products on members ...

Melbourne wins energy efficient built environment award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne has been recognised at the C40 and Siemens Climate Leadership Award in the category of Energy Efficient Built Environment. The award, which was given in London earlier this week, recognises Melbourne's initiatives to create an ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Impact investment and other trends will drive growth in environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies over the next 10 years, according to AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Matt ...

GNDI comments on proposed Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... "Directors believe corporate reporting should result in concise, simple and focused reports that identify the material business risks that an entity faces, how that entity manages those risks and how they determine their success in managing those risks," ...