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ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... ASX100 non-executive directorship roles in 2012, 23 are former executives, 14 are current executives, seven are law/accounting partners, six are substantial shareholder reps, three are former politicians and two are former public servants. Furthermore ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The United Nations Statistics Division has developed an experimental ecosystem accounting system to quantify ecosystem services and conditions in physical and monetary terms. Although the proposed accounting system is initially intended for governmental ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... bring in payments disclosure." Earlier this year, the European Parliament voted in favour of a new Transparency and Accounting Directive. The amendments to the Transparency and Accounting Directive will make it a requirement for European-Union listed ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... system so that it recognises all resources on which financial and economic wealth depend and encourages reporting, accounting, stewardship, maintenance and restoration of natural capital in the global economy," said Lois Guthrie, CDSB executive director. ...

Australian Ethical Investment to reorganise business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... will remain in Australian Ethical's Canberra office. Areas being outsourced include some IT functions and corporate accounting. Over the past 18 months, the Sydney office had become larger due to the need to be more accessible to clients and investee ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... reporting on this through CDP." Day noted that the Greenhouse Gas Protoco l, an internationally used international accounting tool for quantifying and managing GHG emissions, has a scope 3 standard that was released in late 2011 that companies could ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... everyone," according to the declaration. NCD signatories are integrating natural capital considerations into financial accounting, disclosure and reporting. National Australia Bank is one of the founding signatories. "We are extremely pleased to have ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... reporting, including proposed amendments to the Fourth and Seventh EU Company Law Directives - more commonly known as the EU Accounting Directives. " We welcome the legislation and encourage [The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs] Defra ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... pricing regime. Byrne is currently a board member of Oxfam Australia, a member of the Monash University Department of Accounting and Finance Advisory Committee, a member of the BlackRock Australia Compliance Committee and National Convenor of Sisters ...

Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... successes," Byrne said. Byrne is currently a board member of Oxfam Australia, a member of the Monash University Department of Accounting and Finance Advisory Committee, a member of the BlackRock Australia Compliance Committee and National Convenor of ...