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Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... chief executive officer, RepRisk Speaking at a panel discussion at the recent GTQ International Annual Australia ESG Conference, sustainability reporting experts told an audience of corporate and investment professionals that managing sustainability ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Member, Global Reporting Initiative Speaking at a panel discussion at the recent GTQ International Annual Australia ESG Conference, sustainability reporting experts told an audience of corporate and investment professionals that sustainability reporting ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... influential trends in the ESG space this year at a panel discussion at the GTQ International Investing in Responsibility Conference. Philipp Aeby chief executive officer of RepRisk, said that there is increased concerns around child and forced labour ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... employee issues in the retail sector, Reynolds said.. Reynolds has recently returned to Australia and attended the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF), AIST's annual event for the not-for-profit superannuation fund industry. "I was pleased to see ...

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... the GABV. bankmecu is the only Australian member of the GABV and is host of next week's annual meeting. "At our last conference last year, which was held in Berlin, we released a declaration to shift the industry towards transparency, diversity and sustainability ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... continual need for education in the finance sector," O'Connor said. "At the [Principles for Responsible Investment] PRI conference in Cape Town last year, it was a theme that came up a lot - the need for education. We have seen a lot more large investment ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... directly assess risks and opportunities in a portfolio. At the recent Responsible Investment Association Australasia 2013 conference, experts on a panel discussed the role real assets play in mitigating climate change risks, and how investors in real ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... means the embedding of social challenges into core business strategy to generate both business and social value, and conference attendees analysed the concepts and application of CSV throughout the day-long conference. For Hitachi Australia, the challenge ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... gas emissions to 2050 will be in energy efficiency," Kidney said in his remarks in Milan at the 4th Italian National Conference on Chemistry and Energy. "With an estimated 9% share of global energy use and large numbers of older plants, huge plant energy ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... understand the synergies and complementarities in these standards, and use them in conjunction with one another." At the conference, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon launched three new issue platforms for business support, covering education, agriculture ...