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Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published an exposure draft of the new G4 framework, and has opened it up for public feedback. The G4 framework is focused on five main areas - boundary, application levels, governance and remuneration, supply ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Ahead of this weekend's launch of the carbon pricing mechanism, investors and corporate advisors say that they are confident that liable companies are aware of their exposures and have plans to manage costs for the first stage of the carbon pricing ...

ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... or three. There were 51 standalone sustainability reports in 2012, down from 57 in 2011. Of that, 33 were structured to the GRI and 24 were announced to the ASX, the report found. According to ACSI's research, 18% of ASX companies are considered "best ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... listed and large private companies around the world to put sustainability information into their reporting documentation. GRI has joined the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition and the Green Economy Coalition, which are working to include a ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund (AGIF) has purchased a minority stake in clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) for almost US$29m. SGEL develops, owns and operates a portfolio of power generation assets across ...

Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Australia is one of the top ten countries for sustainability reporting using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework, according to a statistical analysis of the GRI Sustainability Disclosure database. Australia had 4% of the total number of ...

Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Nelmara Arbex is deputy chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which provides the most commonly accepted set of guidelines for sustainability reporting. During the Australian GRI conference in Melbourne on 26-28 March, Arbex spoke ...

GRESB joins forces with GRI to push sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) will partner with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a move designed to advance the standardisation of reporting on environmental, social and economic performance in the global real estate ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... public disclosures to the market. Ann Byrne, the CEO of ACSI, told participants at the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting that investors need "materiality plus data quality and consistency" ...

Companies should present negative sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... way stakeholders perceive sustainability reports. The findings were presented at the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting in Melbourne. According to the ACCSR research, 25% of stakeholders ...