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Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... a result of ESG considerations." "We understand that this is a live consideration within APRA," Barker said. "I would caution against relying on the fact that that change has yet to happen as justification for inaction in the face of the explicit directions ...

Deloitte survey finds procurement leaders lack visibility in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Procurement leaders around the world "don't have enough visibility" in their supply chains, raising the spectre of compliance risks with the widely anticipated Australian version of the Modern Slavery Act, Deloitte cautions. Leeora Black, partner, Deloitte ...

IRRCi report analyses ESG integration behaviour of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are using a diverse set of approaches to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their portfolios, and a report commissioned by the Investor Responsibility Research Centre Institute (IRRCi) has developed ...

Companies considering implication of BEPS reform: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Tax planning, payment and transparency are increasingly being seen as both social and governance issues by companies, according to a briefing by KPMG's international tax experts. Greg Wiebe, global head of tax, KPMG The Organisation for Economic Co-operation ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... following on from an earlier report into the superannuation sector that reaches similar conclusions. The report urges caution but says that legal duties "can be managed in a way that permits the trustees of charitable trusts and foundations to implement ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... commercial side. The City of Melbourne is filled with high-rise commercially viable space- we were erring on the side of caution, looking at low-rise commercial rooftop space. That doesn't take into account a lifestyle building in Docklands that could ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Transparent disclosure of payments made by extractive companies to the countries they operate is not an end goal, should be conflated with broader definitions of good governance, and needs to be communicated more effectively to a broader range of stakeholders. ...

Accountancy profession a driver of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The accountancy profession has an important role to play in how companies integrate sustainability into strategy and reporting, and accountants need to consider sustainability issues from a number of perspectives, according to two professors from the ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has moved all of its nearly AU$170m government bond allocation to a strategy that explicitly incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into the selection process, including a specific allocation of ...

Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Australia is one of the top ten countries for sustainability reporting using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework, according to a statistical analysis of the GRI Sustainability Disclosure database. Australia had 4% of the total number of ...