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CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been highlighted for its improved sustainability performance, one of five "mega cap" companies to receive upgraded scores in the EIRIS Global Sustainability Report 2013. EIRIS's sustainability ratings assess corporate ...

CDP extends partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
CDP will expand its partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions (FCS) to Australia, New Zealand, the Nordics and Benelux regions and India, bring extended services measuring supply chain carbon management and sustainability scoring to those countries. FCS ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability data, said Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief executive. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief executive Ligteringen is in Australia this week and spoke to The Sustainability Report about the latest iteration of the GRI standards, G4. G4 was launched ...

AMP Capital hires ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
AMP Capital Investors has hired Shalini Samuel as ESG research associate. Samuel comes to AMP Capital form Sustainable Investments Research Institute (SIRIS), and has extensive experience in ESG research, particularly Australian and Asian companies ...

Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society have created an AU$10 million social benefit bond (SBB) funding the new Family Preservation Service. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, head of social innovation at Westpac The ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) will launch its new reporting framework in October, an undertaking that is "one of the most important things the PRI can do," said Fiona Reynolds, PRI managing director. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... aluminium/alumina producers, and some oil and gas producers are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of a repeal of Australia's carbon pricing legislation after the September federal election. Headed by Elaine Prior director/analyst carbon, environment ...

End of Financial Year time for tax, ethical investment check

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The end of the financial year is an opportunity for investors to consider how their superannuation money is being invested from both a tax and an ethics perspective, according to Australian Ethical. In a recent communication, the ethical superannuation ...

Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... deep understanding, on behalf of millions of super fund members, of the importance of improved corporate governance in Australia's corporate landscape." In the last year, Byrne has been involved in a project to re-organise ACSI's governance and representative ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay Australia is urging the federal government to adopt standards of mandatory disclosure for companies in the mining and extractive industry. Publish What you Pay Australia's push comes as the European Parliament voted in favour of ...