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Integrating ESG an evolution for institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... and return factors is an evolution, according to Martin Goss, senior investment consultant, head of client consulting, Australia at global consultancy Towers Watson. Institutional investors can look at ESG in three general ways - as a component of generating ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... Hydro is on track to double in size over the next five years but how we spread our investments over our core markets of Australia, Chile and Brazil will be very much dependant on local policies that encourage clean energy deployment as well as a price ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Climate Advocacy Fund, which proposed the amendment. "This was the first time a climate change agenda item was voted on in Australia," Thier said. "It was supported by some significant superannuation funds and by some overseas institutional investors ...

PwC, Institute of Chartered Accountants recognise NFP transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Mission Australia and Camp Quality have been recognised with the fourth annual Australian PwC Transparency Awards, which recognise improvement in reporting in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. The awards are adjudicated in collaboration with the Institute ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
A coalition of Australian and international sustainability organizations is calling on market regulators around the world to apply "if-not-why-not" policies for corporate sustainability reporting. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched the ...

Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... long-term." Since its January launch, the paper has been favourably received by experts around the world, including here in Australia. "We think it's a good starting point, and we think they're probably got the right idea in terms of the concept," said ...

Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... the ICCM's annual review. BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), an unlisted company based in Australia, are members of ICCM and all three provided ESG reporting using GRI guidelines. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto both received an ...

Nominations open for GRI's Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... society organisations, but council members do not represent their employers. Currently, there are four members from Australia: Robyn Leeson, director, Net Balance Foundation; Caroline Noller, head, corporate responsibility, the GPT Group; Julian E. C. ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of 10 large Australian companies has found that they are failing to accurately report their labour practices management and performance. Nick Edgerton, Colonial First State Global Asset Management Banarra, a Sydney-based consultancy that ...

GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... current sustainability reporting for Australian companies, said John Purcell, policy advisor, corporate regulation at CPA Australia. "It is relevant to specific areas of Australian industry, such as some of the developments of indicators around human ...