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CDP publishes Aust/NZ climate leaders report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... performance band assesses the level of action, as reported by the company, on climate change mitigation, adaptation and transparency, and is presented as a band from A-E, with an A being the highest. Climate change disclosures improved this year, with ...

WBCSD, CDSB, Ecodesk to develop The Reporting Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... director of the Redefining Value Program. "We've seen that the changing expectations of corporate performance and transparency have catalyzed activity around corporate sustainability reporting, creating an increasingly complex and fragmented reporting ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers Group has highlighted improvements in worker safety and diversity measures as well as increasing transparency in its retail chains' supply chain in its 2015 sustainability report. Kate Chaney, sustainability manager corporate affairs, Wesfarmers ...

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 ...

GRI, federal government, announce Pacific partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have announced a new partnership to increase corporate transparency in the Indo-Pacific region. DFAT has provided AU$1 million in funding for the partnership, which will promote sustainable trade ...

NZ responsible investment assets increase 10%: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... categorised under ESG integration (broad responsible investment) based on survey results and an assessment of PRI Transparency Reports." There is interest in impact investing in New Zealand, particularly in the community trust sector, as impact investing ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... range of fixed income segments specifically designed for green bond issuance, which is geared at promoting greater transparency in the fixed income market providing green bond instruments with a specific position within London Stock Exchange.

CDP, South Pole Group to conduct water security assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... to catalyse action towards a more sustainable world," said Cate Lamb, head of water at CDP. "We use the power of transparency to improve water security and eliminate the negative effects of water use. The introduction of corporate water scoring and associated ...

GRI defines four strategic goals to expand scope

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... "Today, information from the sustainability reporting process is being used in more ways than ever before, to increase transparency and build trust in businesses and governments," said Michael Meehan, GRI's chief executive. "GRI envisions a future beyond ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... pool of risk management, and it's a positive realisation, in terms of recognition that using ESG can add to that transparency." BNP Paribas has leveraged the data from Thomson Reuters and is presenting the ESG tool as part of the suite of analytics that ...