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GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... (ICGN). She is CEO of Gore Creek Capital, and a former senior investment officer, global equity at the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). "It is an incredibly important time for investors to be heard as a growing number of companies ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... with 261 investments and an average term of 10 years. The AU$7 billion LGS manages assets on behalf of local government employees in NSW, and around $3.7 billion of total assets are in responsible investment strategies across Australian and international ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... [SBA] are developing a green paper on it to work up a model for it, to meet the demand arising from some states with employees that are keen to get out of the public sector and be more entrepreneurial." There are a few legal structural challenges that ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... because in many cases, they're exposed to significant risk in this area." The report also found that monetary rewards for employees can drive action to reduce GHG emissions. CDP reports that companies with monetary rewards are more likely to achieve ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Three AECOM employees will volunteer to join Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that is providing affordable clean energy solutions to people in India's urban slums. AECOM landscape architect Belinda Dods, environmental engineer Rosanna ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... highlight their respective gender diversity policy and proposed improvements," the report found. " As a percentage of total employees, females made up roughly 50% across all REITs. However females in key management roles ranged from 13% for WDC to 40% ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... disclosed LHR polices. In 2012, the ACSI report examined listed companies' disclosure of LHR standards as related to direct employees, measuring disclosure across LHR indicators, finding high levels of reporting into prohibition of discrimination and ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... " NGS Super has a large number of teaching and educational staff within its more than 100,000 membership, as well as employees from the Uniting Church services sectors. A social benefit bond is a Social Benefit Bond is a financial instrument that pays ...

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... company was taking additional steps to ensure the safety of those who may visit Bangladesh factories on their behalf - as employees, representatives, agents or contractors; whether workers in their supplier factories have the right to refuse dangerous ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... says that reports and communication that are structured around IR will be of benefit to other stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers, business partners, local communities, legislators, regulators, and policy-makers. "The new framework ...