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Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... institutional and financial capital can take advantage of the changes in global markets. This requires industrial and policy collaboration last seen in the 1980s. Given the hopelessly partisan and ideological positions often quoted in our policy debates ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... advanced preparation for impacts like flooding and supply risks, with coordinated action taking place, sector-wide collaboration on modelling impacts and responses and investigation of the sector's interdependencies with electricity and telecommunications. ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... new hub for the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series, which is managed by Hang Seng Indexes Company in collaboration with RepuTex-ESG. The Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability IndexSeries focuses on ESG performance of Hong Kong and mainland ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... "Its mission is to catalyse action to substantially reduce Australia's greenhouse emissions, through research and collaboration to drive implementation," ClimateWorks said.

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Prince of Wales's Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Project, in collaboration with Radley Yeldar. According to the survey, 70% rated governance information as the most relevant type of extra-financial information ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... threats. James Allt-Graham The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based report produced by the ADC Forum report in collaboration with KPMG, and examines how the country views perceived risks. The report explores not only the top perceived risks, but the ...

SAM appoints head of indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Guido Giese as head of indexes. Giese is responsible for the development of the DJSI range, which SAM manages in collaboration with S&P Dow Jones Indices. Giese will also oversee global sales, licensing, partnerships and client services and will report ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... the carbon pricing regime in July. The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based report produced by the ADC Forum in collaboration with KPMG. The risk of climate change is also tightly interwoven with other perceived risks, both environmental and social ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... responsibility, openness and transparency, Woolworths has a proud track record. We have extensive engagement and collaboration with a large number of NGOs and for the past five years we have taken expert independent advice from a Corporate Responsibility ...

Accountancy profession a driver of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... social and economic capital," according to the chapter, sustainability accounting is, perforce, an area that requires collaboration with other disciplines. Tingey-Holyoak cited the example of the current draft Australian Water Accounting Standard (AWAS) ...