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Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... industry. Publish What you Pay Australia's push comes as the European Parliament voted in favour of a new Transparency and Accounting Directive. The amendments to the Transparency and Accounting Directive will make it a requirement for European-Union ...

CDP signs agreements with SASB, GRI to further standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
CDP has signed separate agreements to partner with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) with the intention of improving corporate reporting of climate change and sustainability issues. SASB is ...

Natural Capital Declaration starts implementation phase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... everyone," according to the declaration. NCD signatories are integrating natural capital considerations into financial accounting, disclosure and reporting. NCD said four working groups, led by banks from four continents, will address critical challenges ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... reporting as part of the US Dodd-Frank Act section 1504 and the European Union's soon-to-be-amended Transparency and Accounting Directive. A number of companies are challenging the Dodd-Frank Act section. Debra Valentine, group executive legal, external ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... forklifts overnight on off-peak?" Separately, Pangolin Associates has also announced that it has selected Acresta's carbon accounting software tool, CarbonView. "The process to select a software partner that best complements our suite of services has ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... - $300m," Yates said. "Concessionality doesn't mean lending below the Government's cost of funds. Under Australian accounting standards regarding concessionality, where we are making loans where there might not be a clear market rate we must reflect ...

Publish What You Pay reexamining extractive companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... reporting as part of the US Dodd-Frank Act section 1504 and the European Union's soon-to-be-amended Transparency and Accounting Directive. Although the final report has not yet been finishes, Spoors said that there has not been a dramatic change in the ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... report, although companies that do so are considered to meet the new standard. The new directive, which amends existing accounting legislation in the Fourth Company Law Directive, allows flexibility in the way companies disclose this information - companies ...

Australian Ethical appoints Kate Greenhill to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia and the UK. Greenhill has assisted clients with advice and assurance around financial statement audit opinions, accounting and regulatory developments, capital raisings, accounting for complex transactions, due diligence, valuations, compliance ...

IIRC, IASB agree to more cooperation on reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have signed an agreement that will see the two cooperate more deeply in the development of the integrated corporate reporting framework. IASB ...