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AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... and our commitments under the 'We Mean Business Coalition' provide an opportunity to engage and report back to our stakeholders in a transparent and robust manner." AGL will "continue to engage with its stakeholders" to demonstrate that their activities ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... why we have an interest in impact investing is that it's something that resonates closely with our members and our stakeholders, particularly in the community services side of things," said Rob Fowler, chief investment officer, HESTA. "We have had contact ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... of the ESG risks associated with this investment, and following an extensive period of consultation with relevant stakeholders and engagement with the company, the HESTA Board determined that HESTA would divest from Transfield," Blakey said in a statement ...

HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), outlining steps the fund will take to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. HESTA is the first superannuation fund to sign a RAP, which has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia. "The key ...

IIRC releases Competence Matrix for IR training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... specifically designed this matrix to be market-led, having created it through consultation with a broad range of stakeholders across multiple disciplines and with a view to it being international, globally consistent, relevant and applicable. At the ...

CDP, South Pole Group to conduct water security assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... methodology acknowledges corporate efforts and highlights best practice, and the evaluation is intended to assist stakeholders and investors to understand corporate resiliency and water challenges.

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... fund were broadly welcomed by participants in the impact investment sector. Queensland Treasury will consult with stakeholders and plans to commence a Request for Proposals process by early 2016. "They're very sensible steps," said Ian Learmonth, executive ...

New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... warming under 2C is possible, but requires international coordination from policy makers, business, investors and other stakeholders. Kate Levick, director of policy and regulation, CDP For businesses, NCE recommends that they adopt common standards ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors and other stakeholders that are engaging with ASX-listed payday lenders and goods rental companies are finding that the companies are receptive to their concerns over lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael ...

Technology to push sustainability reporting forward: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability issues, largely based on the continuing expansion of technology and digital access that will allow stakeholders to "access, collate, check, analyse and correlate data," according to GRI. This faster, greater access to data will require ...