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ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... According to the survey, 24% of respondents said these companies could be considered leaders because they integrated CSR with core business activities and strategies, while 19% said communication of CSR performance was the second reason these companies ...

ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... "It's an integration challenge, really," Black said. "People understand that a good CSR function is going to be connected to core business. That means that CSR is going to be held to the same standards that are expected of other business functions - ...

Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Briefing Project, the two organisations wrote that while companies and financial institutions agree that ESG factors are core to businesses, their depths and breadth is not fully valued by either management or investors and that communication of ESG ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Barclays Capital. "We are concerned about sovereign debt," said Ronan Walsh, portfolio manager, fixed income at VicSuper. "Our core portfolio is passive and our benchmark was the Barclays Global Aggregate Index. Essentially this implies that our portfolio ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... for wholesale, institutional and retail clients, with an AU$9.6bn predominately Australian property portfolio across the core office, industrial and retail sectors. It reported a statutory profit after tax of AU$16.7m for the 2011-2012 financial year ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... from facilities fell in 2012, which sounds good. What is going on? The problems are with the relativities, which are the core of sustainability reports. That Woolworths is 16.5% below its projected emissions sounds good, until we discover that the projections ...

NAB Asset Servicing developing ESG overlay tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... it. What we're trying to do is provide a connection between what's actually going on and giving trustees and management the core data to say we're in this position, and we're ok or we're not in a good position and we're not ok with it." The product is ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... to anticipate the growing trend for increased sustainability reporting. CPA Australia incorporates sustainability into its core professional education program and works with universities to assist undergraduates and professional accountants in their ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... value and quality to management information, ensuring that vital performance information is disclosed - and integrated into core strategy and practices," said Victoria Whitaker, Head of GRI's Focal Point Australia in a media statement. "It's amazing ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... progress towards our strategic portfolio, reweighting from office and industrial to retail with the sale of AU$964m of non-core assets at an average price above book value. We used the proceeds to invest in retail, residential and retirement living projects ...