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RIAA certifies three super funds as responsible investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... approach to engagement and proxy voting, to see that they advocate for more responsible financial markets, etc." Transparency is another part of the broader certification program, O'Connor said. "We've been working with the applicants to moving them ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... policies and mitigation of forced labour, child labour and worker exploitation, reflecting both the management and the transparency companies have across their supply chain. Of the 56 companies, including global giants Apple, Google, Sony and others ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... and emissions monitoring. They also make it easier to value sustainable buildings and, ultimately, enhance market transparency as well as de-risk investments." The PRI will encourage signatories who invest in or manage real estate to use the guide, said ...

Fund members concerned about climate change risk: CFGAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... what companies they are actually invested in.:" Further, the process for switching seemed complex, and the lack of transparency from funds seemed to lead to a lack of member engagement. "Most progressive asset owners are still in their own early stages ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels through a variety of mechanisms. The agreement also holds countries to more transparency in terms of their NCDs. "What the agreement does is essentially enshrines a stock-taking arrangement," said Elisa de ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... develop clear standards for the climate change impacts and benefits of bond financed project, bond issuers to ensure transparency around use of proceeds and impact, and governments to develop projects that can be financed by green/climate bonds. Whilst ...

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... determined, but also meet minimum quality criteria in mitigation," Woolcott said. " Secondly to ensure accountability and transparency in how countries are meeting their commitments, and we need this in order to judge how we are tracking collectively ...

Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... portfolio, South Pole Group said. Future Super discloses the carbon intensity of its portfolio on its website, and sees transparency as essential to the discussion of decarbonising assets and the risk of carbon intensity. "It's important that we disclose ...

GRI links connections between G4, UN Guiding Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... The Guiding Principles were adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2011 and recognise the importance of corporate transparency around human rights impacts. The Guiding Principles clarifies the role of the state and the private sector in protecting and ...

GRI CEO discusses future of sustainability reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Reporting Standards, but that process is only one phase of the organisation's wider mission to enhance the transparency of non-financial reporting globally, according to Michael Meehan, GRI chief executive officer. Michael Meehan, GRI ...