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Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Given the shift and evolution of the global economy and the activities of businesses and assets as part of that shift, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment practices is both a source of innovation and ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... was to increase their investment in low carbon by 3%, that would leverage around US$3 trillion, which is enough capital to shift that sector to the game-changing phase." 350.org Australia will use this report as an engagement tool with institutional ...

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... of next week's annual meeting. "At our last conference last year, which was held in Berlin, we released a declaration to shift the industry towards transparency, diversity and sustainability in banking," Walsh said. "I think the first take-away from ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... financial and non-financial data in one annual report, but found that using the Integrated Reporting model precipitated a shift in the company thinking around integrated strategies. "We have published four [integrated reports] now, but only two against ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Co-operatives and mutuals have "a clear role" to play in the delivery of public services, according to a report commissioned by the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) and bankmecu. Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO (Photo courtesy of BCCM) ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... make is that some of these factors can drive us to addressing larger environmental issues. There are other issues, like the shift away from the US as the centre of the timber market universe. Markets are reorienting towards Chinese demand and the Asian ...

GRI, RAFI to collaborate on human rights reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Rights (UNGPs). RAFI is an open, multi-stakeholder consultative group that is facilitated by a project team comprised of Shift, Mazars, and the Human Rights Resource Centre for ASEAN. GRI and RAFI recently signed a memorandum of understanding that will ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... also pushed bankmecu to change how it presents information at its annual general meetings, Walsh said. "We're starting to shift our AGM focus away from just reporting on statutory financials, which are backward looking, to talk about the elements of ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... substantial progress is being made in switching to renewable biological feedstock. These are important developments in terms of a shift to a low-carbon industry." The Climate Bonds Initiative, an investor-focused not-for-profit promoting large-scale ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... with heads of procurement in an organisation, rather that with a head of sustainability. "We're seeing, an organisational shift as well now with procurements," Smith said. "Our IT accounts people are now dealing with the heads of procurement and not ...