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Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... high level of debate around ESG by very good industry associations and it seems to have been on the industry funds conference circuit for some years now. So ESG has a high profile. We can also see it reflected in things like, we do have a carbon tax ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... as a source of profit generation. The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility's (ACCSR) fifth annual conference was "the innovation imperative" and discussed how organizations can use CSR as tools for innovation and value creation. "If ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Henry will give a keynote address at the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s fifth annual conference on the state of corporate social responsible in Australia. Henry, who is also a non-executive director at NAB, will speak ...

Global Reporting Initiative publishes events sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published a new guidance for the events sector to increase the relevance of reporting on issues including greenhouse gas emissions, waste, attendee travel, event legacy, and initiatives taken at an event to ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability and environmental, social and governance considerations, including events like the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June, we look back at the topics that stirred interest in 2011. The Australian Parliament ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Melbourne Fund. The building at 123 Queen Street is a mix of retail tenants, office space and a hotel and conference centre, Bocskay said. Construction is expected to be done over the next 12 months, and the terms of the loan goes for 10 ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Although the multi-country climate change talks in Durban failed to yield a comprehensive treaty, the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) did result in extensions to programs that ...

David Bradbury announces inquiry on future of the AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... inquiry on the future of the annual general meeting (AGM). Speaking to the Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) annual conference, Bradbury noted that integrated reporting is gaining momentum, and said that "interested parties" should contribute to ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... matters, said David Bradbury MP, parliamentary secretary to the treasurer. Speaking at the Macquarie Securities annual ESG conference, Bradbury cited the recent tension between airliner Qantas and affiliated trade unions, and Qantas' decision to ground ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... factors in particular can be integrated into risk/reward decision-making, according to panellists speaking at an MSCI conference in Melbourne. "The environment part is easier because the metrics are available," said Peter Lunt, executive manager - investment ...