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GRI links connections between G4, UN Guiding Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published a linkage document that demonstrates the connections between the GRI G4 Reporting Guidelines and the concepts of the United Nations Guiding Principle on Business and Human Rights. GRI notes that there ...

GRI CEO discusses future of sustainability reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is in the process of transitioning the G4 guidelines to the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards, but that process is only one phase of the organisation's wider mission to enhance the transparency of non-financial ...

WBCSD, CDSB, Ecodesk to develop The Reporting Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... (WBCSD), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and Ecodesk are developing The Reporting Exchange, which will be a free global sustainability reporting knowledge platform. The Reporting Exchange will identify " reporting regulations, rules, policies ...

G4 to transition to GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G4 Guidelines will transition to GRL Sustainability Reporting Standards under a plan approved by the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB). The GSSB is the independent standard-setting body created by the ...

Sustainability reporting improving, room to grow: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... have shown the greatest signs of improvement, WBCSD said. The report found that 88% of companies in the sample use the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, an increase from 75% in 2013, while 12% of reports are "self-declared integrated reports," ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire Kris Douma

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired Kris Douma as director of investment practices and reporting. Douma will join PRI in January 2016. He comes to the PRI from the NBA, the Dutch professional organisation for accountants in Amsterdam ...

Queensland government approves Clare Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... "Burdekin Shire Council, energy providers and other key state agencies," she said. Clare Solar Farm will be developed by global solar power company Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) and will develop 238 hectares of photo voltaic panels on 340 hectares ...

Citi joins Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Natural Capital Declaration is a private sector initiative that has been endorsed by 43 financial institutions. It is a global finance-led initiative convened by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... the necessary decarbonisation of our transport systems. On average that's $450bn per year, or a third of current annual global investments in land transport. "The Low Carbon Transport Climate Bonds Standard provides clear eligibility criteria for low ...

Investors demanding better corporate ESG disclosure: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... climate change and sustainability leader Tomorrow's Investment Rules 2.0 is EY's second annual survey of more than 200 global institutional investors, including in Australia, to assess their views about the use of non-financial information in their investment ...