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Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... guidelines to provide disclosures and indicators on economic, environmental and social impacts that are material to their business. "One of the key benefits of the new G4 Guidelines is their redefined focus on disclosure of material issues," said Christian ...

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... manufactured overseas. Horrific incidents like Rana Plaza can pose a reputational risk to the companies, but can also pose business risks in terms of production delays and quality issues. Although Australian retailers on their own can't solve the problem ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... provision. A safe harbour provision would allow company directors to release prospective information without breaching the business judgement rule - statutory and common law responsibilities that require directors to act with "reasonable care and diligence ...

Budget to cut ARENA funding, bring forward money to CTIP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... put their direct action program in place." CTIP was started last year. Energetics specialises in advisory services for business, energy and carbon management, and has assisted around 40 clients in putting in proposals to CTIP, with 11 so far obtaining ...

CA Technologies: increased focus on IT energy consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... years here is the steady increase in questions in the RFPs that we get," she said. "It isn't just for our eco-software business, because they don't need me to respond to those RFPs. I'm seeing the RFPs for other areas of the business, where they ask ...

Reconciliation Australia receives $14.4m in budget funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... cultural awareness. "Tens of thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait lslander people are directly benefiting from jobs, business transactions and educational opportunities created through RAP actions," said Leah Armstrong, Reconciliation Australia ...

SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF 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 and matches private investment. SEDIF allocated AU$10m to SEFA ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... strides." Companies in the real estate sector have also incorporated strategies to reduce environmental impact into their business model, which is reflected in their weightings in the index. "The real estate sector has been driven by tenants to some ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... capital, and being part of that peer group means you should be responsible for other issues that are related to your business. In the end, we hope the laggard will start to think about it, and start doing something about their own risks in a broader ...

National Sustainability Council issues macro-theme report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The National Sustainability Council has called its first public report a conversation-starter about macro-themes including inequality, education, climate change, sustainable growth through innovation and other factors impacting on Australia's future. ...