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GRI developing oil and gas sector reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... industry including: emissions, effluents and waste, water, biodiversity, renewable energy, biofuels, health impact assessment, asset integrity and safety processes, indigenous peoples, impacts on local communities, resentment, and decommissioning. GRI ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... Management's Australian Infrastructure Fund, has received permission to create and trade carbon credits derived from a river hydro asset in Chile. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change confirmed ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Woodside Petroleum Ltd shareholders - including signatories to the UNPRI - have rejected a resolution that would have amended the corporate constitution to require disclosure of the company's assumptions of future carbon prices, oil prices, demand for ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... praise for clarity and for relating ESG to company strategy and material risks. Nick Edgerton - Colonial First State Global Asset Management "It's a good clear explanation related to company strategy, linking injury frequency rate to the need to assure ...

Nominations open for GRI's Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Foundation; Caroline Noller, head, corporate responsibility, the GPT Group; Julian E. C. Poulter, executive director, The Global Asset Owners Disclosure Project and the Climate Institute; and Stella Whittaker, senior executive, sustainability and climate ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... failing to accurately report their labour practices management and performance. Nick Edgerton, Colonial First State Global Asset Management Banarra, a Sydney-based consultancy that offers a range of services pertaining to managing and analysing ESG issues ...

UN PRI rolls out mandatory fees, expanded agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... organisation embarks on a plan to increase its presence in markets around the world and provide guidance on ESG reporting into new asset classes. The fees run on a sliding scale based on assets under management for asset owners/managers and number of ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... representing the electricity supply industry and downstream natural gas sector. "Reporting on an intensity basis across asset classes was a valuable innovation and allowed AGL Energy's sustainability performance to be benchmarked across a wider field," ...

PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... has over 870 signatories from 45 countries with more than US$ 25tr of assets under management Lake comes to PRI from APG Asset Management, where he was head of sustainability and governance. APG Asset Management is a Netherlands- based investment manager ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... chief executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). To enhance the understanding of the IGCC's institutional asset owner base, this year for the first time the IGCC has sent out a separate survey to 60 of the most water intensive Australian ...