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Global Reporting Initiative launch process for new standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the body that provides the most commonly accepted framework for producing sustainability reports, has launched the process that will result in the next generation of GRI guidelines. GRI is calling on its network of ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Woodside Petroleum Ltd shareholders - including signatories to the UNPRI - have rejected a resolution that would have amended the corporate constitution to require disclosure of the company's assumptions of future carbon prices, oil prices, demand for ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... insight by tapping into those stakeholders, and then report better information to their investors," he said. ""As an investor, you like to see what's materially important to the business. To define what's materially important, companies are consulting ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Boele said. "We're challenged by that as we do third-party checks." The result of Banarra's report has impact on the investor community. Nick Edgerton, manager, ESG research and engagement at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), noted ...

PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... support team in delivering tools and strategies to assist investors to integrate ESG factors into investments. PRI is an investor-led initiative backed by the UN. It was established to help investors achieve better long-term investment returns and sustainable ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... with companies what they expect to see and what they need for meaningful analysis. "It's more about taking into account investor expectations," said Sheehy of the CSA. [Integrated sustainability reporting] will be successful in that way. It does rely ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... water scarcity will have a material impact on investments in the medium term, according to the chief executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). To enhance the understanding of the IGCC's institutional asset owner base, this year for the ...

Mercer expands ESG consulting capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
Mercer has hired Dr. Richard Fuller to its investment consulting division, enhancing its ESG capabilities for clients. Fuller joins Mercer from HESTA Super Fund where he served as investments analyst, PRI. At HESTA, he created the fund's ESG and Active ...

Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
Prime Minister Julia Gillard The government has introduced legislation that will start pricing carbon emissions from July 2012. The two-stage plan, negotiated with the Green Party, will begin with a fixed price for three to five years and then transition ...

Climate change a portfolio risk: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
The impacts of climate change and lack of international policy coordination could cost institutional investors trillions of dollars over coming decades, with Australia potentially being one of the worst hit countries if international response to carbon ...