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Push continues for Australia to adopt mining payment regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... increasing the focus on seeing a similar regime introduced here. Last week, a multi-stakeholder Resource Revenue Transparency Working Group sent its report to the government, following Prime Minister Stephen Harper's June 2013 announcement that Canada ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... advice from issuers, investors and other engaged thought leaders and NGOs. Our overarching goal was to encourage transparency and disclosure. With that as our focus, we think the Principles will help enable investor decision making, bolster investor ...

Paladin Energy, Swala Energy join EITI Supporting Companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Energy and Swala Energy and seven other oil, mining and gas companies have recently joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as supporting companies. According to the EITI, 85 companies around the world have become EITI Supporting ...

Kmart, Pacific Brands increase Bangladesh disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Kmart's decision to publish the locations of its supplier factories in Bangladesh has been welcomed as a new level of transparency around supply chain risk. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital Target, which, like Kmart, is owned by Wesfarmers, will follow ...

LGS, VicSuper leaders in AODP climate investment index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Project (AODP). AODP recently released its 2013-2014 Global Climate Investment Index, which evaluates asset owners on transparency, risk management, investment chain alignment, active ownership and low-carbon investment and then ranks them from AAA to ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... unquestionably, transformation of buildings by retrofits and refurbishment. But the second way is through complete transparency in our portfolios. All of our data is available online and you can get information on every single building in terms of energy ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... emissions from three of the four most carbon intensive sectors - energy, materials and utilities. There was also greater transparency around engagement with politicians on climate change. That's really contentious and influential area for determining ...

GRI, RAFI to collaborate on human rights reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... moves into a new phase as an international standard-setter, in order to better fulfill its mission to make corporate transparency and accountability standard practice."

GRI makes appointments to Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... standards for sustainability reporting, all stakeholders have a vested interest in maintaining the highest standards of transparency and comparability in the evolution of global reporting."

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... with activities that that includes targets for community engagement, supply chain management, watershed management, transparency and public policy. Only a small minority identify actions commensurate with those recommendations - "just 6% of companies ...