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Greens call on Future Fund to divest from coal companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... fossil fuel investments account for about 3% of the AU$85bn Future Fund. She cited recent votes by the Uniting Church of NSW & ACT to divest their investments in coal and coal seam gas as models for the Future Fund as well as other moves by international ...

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
The Natural Capital Declaration (NCD) has started the 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 ...

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 ...

Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
With the prospect of a continued low-return investment environment looming, institutional investors should examine the benefits of creating and preserving fairer long-term value in their invested capital, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Australia is the fourth most attractive country for investment in renewable energy projects, according to Ernst & Young's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI). Global annual clean energy investment hit US$269 billion in 2012, a five-fold ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Union stock exchanges will have to start disclosing payments as part of their public reporting as part of the US Dodd-Frank Act section 1504 and the European Union's soon-to-be-amended Transparency and Accounting Directive. A number of companies are ...

Australia to consider country-level payment disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... announced we are intending to do is to overturn what had been the traditional privacy and secrecy provisions relating to our Tax Act here in Australia," Bradbury said. "There are some specific provisions that will deal with resource taxes, but the focus ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... information without breaching the business judgement rule - statutory and common law responsibilities that require directors to act with "reasonable care and diligence and in good faith in the best interests of the company and for a broader purpose," ...

Budget to cut ARENA funding, bring forward money to CTIP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The government's proposed 2013-2014 budget provides both approval and disappointment for advocates of the clean energy and energy efficiency industries, as measures impact on funding of both the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean ...