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UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... then metrics," said John Purcell, policy advisor corporate regulation at CPA Australia. "TEEB in recent years has turned its mind to business in the process of starting to build metrics and build competency and understanding, a lot of these issues are ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... capacity of carbon units will have to be sold in a short time frame. "The logistics of doing that is just incredible - the mind boggles," said Nick Armstrong, CEO of COzero. "We're not going to be running wide markets on carbon credits because there's ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
An increasing number of asset owners see climate change as a material risk and have maintained or strengthened their commitments to addressing climate change in investment activities, according to the results of a global survey of investment practices. ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The "glacial" rate of increase in the number of women appointed to ASX200 boards coupled with the fact that nearly 19% of companies failed to meet basic disclosure requirements on diversity policies means that Australia could face the imposition of ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... a good first step.. Regrettably, what we've seen from the Bangladeshi experience is that it takes a tragedy do focus the mind on what the issues are in this space. There has to be a multiple strategy for how we deal with the ethics of the supply chain ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... thinking," said Peter Webster, CEO of EIRIS. "The EIRIS Global Sustainability Rating was designed with this requirement in mind. As investor expectations rise in this area there will be more investor engagement with laggards and those companies who are ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... encourages the company to use that as the starting point. This will have far-reaching consequences. You need to apply your mind. Therefore, if a company needs to decide what is material, it means the directors have to agree if something is material or ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... thousands of companies in industrialized and developing countries alike. These companies have found that reporting changes mind frames, that it supports dialogue, and that it helps build understanding and trust between business and communities. The reporting ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The overall superannuation industry has not done enough to make investment decisions that take environmental, social and governance impacts into consideration, and it is not only possible but imperative to do so, two fund professionals said at the annual ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... way to create a novel insurance product - a bare-bones insurance product for people on low-incomes who want the peace of mind that their assets will be protected," Mooney said. "What we know is that our clients want asset protection for not just thing ...