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GRI, RAFI to collaborate on human rights reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Reporting and Assurance Frameworks Initiative (RAFI) will work together to improve corporate human rights reporting. RAFI is a recently launched initiative that is developing frameworks for companies reporting ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has been named an official supporter of the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD). NCD is a global initiative that affirms the importance of natural capital in maintaining a sustainable global ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group's 2013 annual review and sustainability report benchmarks the banking group's performance against financial, social and environmental indicators based on its new sustainability strategy announced in February. The bank reported 2013 cash ...

GRI makes appointments to Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... representative for the business enterprise constituency. Their term will run from 2014 to 2016. The Stakeholder Council advises the GRI board on strategic issues. There are up to 50 people representing the GRI's core constituencies - business, civil ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)'s portfolio includes 39 investments of over AU$536 million, and every dollar that the CEFC has invested has attracted $2.90 of private sector investment. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The CEFC has released its annual ...

GRI launches 2013 taxonomy, online G4 support tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched the GRI Taxonomy 2013 and G4 Online, a web-based tool to support organisations preparing sustainability reports to the G4 standard. The GRI Taxonomy 2013 enables organisations to produce digital sustainability ...

ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) have agreed to prepare their sustainability report to the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G4 guidelines. The requirement to report to the core option of the G4 guidelines takes effect for the year ending 31 December ...

ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
The world's first wave-energy-to-electricity unit has been launched in Port MacDonnell, South Australia, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced. ARENA provided funding to Oceanlinx, which designed and constructed the one megawatt ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative board, and six directors have been named to the board. Wood takes over from outgoing GRI Chairman Herman Mulder. She is a member of the board of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... companies that are now in the report or explain initiative, according to information from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). BM&FBOVESPA is a member of the GRI's Report or Explain Forum, which is a group for organisations wanting to push sustainability ...