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Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... giving. The report notes that natural disasters in Australia and New Zealand have impacted on patterns of giving, while global financial uncertainty have impacted on the amounts given by individual employees. The report breaks giving into three categories- ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... limited to supranational and multilateral development banks (MDBs), forming a US$12bn market. In October, State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) announced the launch of the High Quality Green Bond strategy, which offers institutional investors a way to ...

Global Reporting Initiative calls for G4 public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has called upon organisations and individuals globally to participate in a survey that will guide the development of the next generation of its guidelines. The first comment period on the G4 guidelines is open until ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors will demand explanation for discrepancies between companies' nominated environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and any divergences in practice in the way that they currently question discrepancies in financial matters ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... royalty framework agreement represents an alignment of interest between public and private financing," said Abyd Karmali, global head of Carbon Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "[Luz Sustentable] will have a period where there's a shortfall ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches sustainability database

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a new database containing information on sustainability and environmental, social and governance of more than three thousand companies worldwide. The new Sustainability Disclosure Database permits free ...

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the transparency of its financial reporting arrangements for the resources sector against EITI principles, considered a global benchmark for natural resource revenue management. The EITI pilot will start 1 July 2012 and the AU$500,000 cost will be funded ...

MSCI to collaborate on Access to Nutrition Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
MSCI will provide research and analysis for the Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) Project, a collaboration between the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Wellcome Trust, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The ATNI Project's goal ...

Three Australian companies to participate in IIRC program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Reporting Committee (IIRC) has selected National Australia Bank, Stockland and Mecu Limited and more than 40 other leading global companies as participants in a pilot program initiative to test integrated reporting (IR) standards. The pilot program will ...

Investor groups call for climate change policy action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... sector investment into climate change solutions that can create jobs and ensure long-term sustainability and stability at a global macro-economic level. IGCC, the US-based Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) and the European Institutional Investors ...