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SASB, GRI announce collaborative workplan for further understanding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... financial condition, operating performance r risk profile. The GRI Standards focus on the economic, environmental and social impacts of a company, and contributions towards sustainable development. Users of the GRI Standards identify issues that are ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... there's a systemic issue, to see where social factors can play into economic destruction. We can now see those social impacts in this health pandemic and the social and societal risk that have brought the economic system to a grinding halt." Future work ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Digital human rights issues such as data privacy, cybersecurity and social impacts of AI can pose risks to companies, and protection of digital human rights take on new considerations in the post-COVID-19 era, according to Robeco. Masja Zandbergen ...

GRI to update three Universal Standards, seeks public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... standards. The Universal Standards are a set of reporting standards for public disclosure on economic, environmental and social impacts and are used as a basis for sustainability reporting. There are three universal standards that are the basis for GRI-based ...

GSSB developing new GRI standard for agriculture and fishing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... impacts. Agriculture and fishing are being prioritized "because of their significant economic, environmental and social impacts - on areas such as climate change, biodiversity, and human rights," the GRI noted. GRI is seeking participants in the project ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... they would pay closer attention to their superannuation fund if their provider reported on environmental and/or social impacts. "There's no doubt that ESG is now a central consideration for asset owners, with a large number of investment managers building ...

Sustainable Digitalisation Project to set goals for real estate and cities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... technology, across assets, portfolios, precincts, cities, what does that mean in terms of cyber security and its social impacts, terrorism, etc.? There are a lot of unintended consequences of which we are increasingly becoming aware." The SDP is a continuance ...

Dhaka, Colombo stock exchanges launch guides for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... vital role in monitoring the sustainability reports through which listed companies' economic, environmental and social impacts and decisions will be reflected. We look forward to continuing improvements in sustainability disclosure in corporate reporting ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... commitment to the Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT) managed by Social Ventures Austraila, they consider the specific social impacts of the four investments it has made. Performance data is still an emerging field, because targets and benchmarks are ...

Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... reported as avoided or abated through impact investments, RIAA noted. Other types of impact investments, ranging from social impacts bonds to private equity have grown from $300 million to totalling nearly $1 billion in 2017. After green bonds, investments ...