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GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have renewed their partnership. The two organisations have a long-standing collaboration that has resulted in the Global Compact's 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... participants in all, over the three workshops, Focal Point Australia, Global Reporting Initiative told The Sustainability Report last year. Twelve Australians also participated in the GRI working groups that contributed to the development and redevelopment ...

SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... payment arrangement as the organisation will be refurbishing the business in the initial phase, SEFA told The Sustainability Report at the time. SEFA has more projects in the process of being evaluated for finance, Rickards said. "We have some nice projects ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) finds that there is a persistent two-speed pace when it comes to ASX200 companies' ESG disclosures - more companies than ever reporting to a detailed or comprehensive standard, but almost half ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability practices are maintained." Will Oulton, global head of responsible investment, last year told The Sustainability Report that CFSGAM was embarking on a three-year strategy to further drive integration of environmental, social and governance ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... to be fully staffed by early April to consider contracts and then fund them from 1 July," Yates told The Sustainability Report. "We are in the process of detailed discussions on a number of transactions that then would be funded by the first of July ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... participated in the Business Network during the pilot phase. NAB and Stockland have previously told The Sustainability Report that the process of testing the IR framework has yielded better communication between internal stakeholders and more robust ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... proposal adopted by the European Commission, companies are not required to write a fully-fledged or detailed sustainability report, although companies that do so are considered to meet the new standard. The new directive, which amends existing accounting ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... yielded a 60-page annual review, plus the financial report with statutory declarations, plus a separate sustainability report using GRI, which appeared exclusively on the Stockland website. That idea - that IR doesn't have to mean replacing standalone ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... payment arrangement as the organisation will be refurbishing the business in the initial phase, SEFA told The Sustainability Report at the time. The next stage of SEFA's growth will entail penetrating the market to raise awareness of what SEFA does and ...