Search Results

Showing 2801 - 2810 of 3096 results for "Global"

CDP extends partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... examine practices and develop year-on-year performance improvements. "Partnering with FCS makes perfect sense due to their global reach and proven capabilities helping participating suppliers develop and implement carbon and climate change strategies ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The newest version of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standards will improve the quality of ESG disclosures, but governments and regulators need to foster a level playing field in which at least large companies are disclosing sustainability ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... consultation. "It's hard to have one standard way to do things, and this is something you learn to appreciate when you work in a global organisation like PRI," said Reynolds, who joined PRI in February after previously working as chief executive of the ...

Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... was awarded the FEAL Fund Executive of the Year in 2007 and in December 2010 she was named one of the Governance Stars by Global Proxy Watch, the newsletter for International Governance and Shareowner Value. Byrne is a veteran of the superannuation industry ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... she said. "The SRI family of indices is really focused on negative exclusion," Nishikawa said. "Whether it's the Barclays Global Aggregate or the EU Credit index, you're looking at a standard mix of exclusions. That list of exclusions was built to match ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... international climate campaign, visited most of the capital cities during his Do the Maths tour. He compared the burgeoning global movement asking institutional investors to divest from companies that extract fossil fuels to the campaign demanding investors ...

Greens call on Future Fund to divest from coal companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... denier David Murray has left the fund's helm, the Board of Guardians should review investments in the coal companies driving global warming. We know that if we burned all Australia's coal reserves it would have a dramatic impact on our climate. Global ...

CDP signs agreements with SASB, GRI to further standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
CDP has signed separate agreements to partner with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) with the intention of improving corporate reporting of climate change and sustainability issues. SASB is ...

Natural Capital Declaration starts implementation phase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... next phase of its plan in which the financial institution signatories implement the initiatives' commitments. NCD is a global initiative that affirms the importance of natural capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital is described ...

IIRC CEO favours market-led adoption of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The chief executive officer of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) says market-led adoption of the Integrated Reporting (IR) framework, not mandatory compliance, will lead to better corporate reporting. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO Paul ...