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Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... public disclosures to the market. Ann Byrne, the CEO of ACSI, told participants at the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting that investors need "materiality plus data quality and consistency" ...

Companies should present negative sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... way stakeholders perceive sustainability reports. The findings were presented at the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting in Melbourne. According to the ACCSR research, 25% of stakeholders ...

LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... committed to achieve this rating without the use of GreenPower renewable energy. At the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting, Bill Hartnett, LGS's head of sustainability said during a panel ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the free market, said Jane Diplock, director, Singapore Exchange. Speaking at the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting, Diplock suggested that integrated reporting, which combines financial ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... don't have data to support it, my advice to the client is, don't say it." Beatty says that the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework is useful because the template has been developed with input from stakeholder groups, including relevant industry ...

Clean Energy Council sees CEFC as catalyst to unlock capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) could act as a catalyst to "unlock" capital from institutional investors, banks and international markets, according to a Clean Energy Council (CEC) report. The CEC commissioned Deloitte to write a report ...

GRI launches format to tag sustainability data in reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have released a new format for tagging data in sustainability reports that will make it easier for users to find and analyse information. GRI's new XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) taxonomy is an open-source ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative, the Clean Energy Business Council of the Middle East and North Africa and The Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association have formed a working group to develop best practices and promote the issuance of "green" sukuks, Sharia-compliant ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The fragmentation of the agribusiness sector both contributes to and is hampered by the lack of a national food policy framework, which is necessary to promote innovation and differentiation and to ensure the long-term social, environmental and economic ...

GRI releases oil and gas sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released a new guidance for the oil and gas sector, providing a framework for disclosure of sustainability performance on metrics including environmental management, health and safety and emergency preparedness. ...