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Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... calling on market regulators around the world to apply "if-not-why-not" policies for corporate sustainability reporting. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched the Report or Explain Campaign Forum to encourage increased corporate transparency ...

Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... frameworks available, including for example the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines of the GRI, the principles of the UN Global Compact, the guidance provided in ISO 26000 and the JSE Socially Responsible Investment Index criteria. The organisation should ...

Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). Of the ICCM's 18 members, 17 reported on their sustainability performance using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines last year, according to the ICCM's annual review. BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Minerals ...

Nominations open for GRI's Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative is calling for nominations for member to the 2012-2014 Stakeholder Council, its policy forum. There are 50 members to the Stakeholder Council, drawn from business, mediating institutions, and civil society organisations ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... are failing to accurately report their labour practices management and performance. Nick Edgerton, Colonial First State Global Asset Management Banarra, a Sydney-based consultancy that offers a range of services pertaining to managing and analysing ESG ...

GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI ) has updated its sustainability guidance to enhance reporting of operations impacting on human rights, gender and community. The new version, 3.1, is touted as improvements that strengthen expansiveness of reporting ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) and the Carbon Performance Leaders list for the ASX 200/ NZX 50. AGL is also ranked on the global Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for 2010/11. AGL was the only Australian company to be named among ...

PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Netherlands- based investment manager with approximately â,¬270bn in assets under management. He previously worked for Henderson Global Investors as head of corporate engagement. He is also a member of the Program Board of the Sustainable Investment ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... Sustainability reporting has been hampered by a number of factors, including a lack of broadly used standards and the impact of the global financial crisis, which impacted on time and money that managers could devote to implementing ESG reporting protocols. ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... Australian companies and the top 50 New Zealand companies. The IGCC has sent the water questionnaire as part of a separate, global survey conducted with the CDP. "The main development is the scale of the project this year," Fabian said. "It's going out ...