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ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... into their reporting cycle," Paragraph 47 said. "We encourage industry, interested governments as well as relevant stakeholders with the support of the UN system, as appropriate, to develop models for best practice and facilitate action for the integration ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... with broader definitions of good governance, and needs to be communicated more effectively to a broader range of stakeholders. Those were the points made by a panel discussion consisting of government ministers, globally listed extractive companies and ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Ernst & Young, in a statement. "This step will increase the transparency and value of sustainability reporting for stakeholders and provide a more accessible framework for organizations, particularly those who have not previously reported." G4 can be ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... developing ways to work with NGOs, communicate their ESG actions to members and integrate feedback from members and stakeholders, but their actions are tempered by legal considerations to what superannuation can and cannot do. Hilary Spear, head of investor ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... capital, but the IIRC says that reports and communication that are structured around IR will be of benefit to other stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers, business partners, local communities, legislators, regulators, and policy-makers. ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... commitments to action, both internal to how the bank functions as well as its external relations with customers and stakeholders. "Our commitment is to increase the level of support for those sectors that we think will represent the bulk of our activities ...

Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... statement. "Reporting on them is therefore a crucial element in future corporate reporting and will be necessary to meet stakeholders' expectations.' Whether or not a company owns all the capitals that it uses or affects, their availability, quality ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... released by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has yielded better communication between internal stakeholders and more robust conversations about materiality, strategic focus and future orientation, according to two participants in ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... the unique function of UCA Funds as the investment manager for the Uniting Church? How does UCA Funds integrate the stakeholders in the process? MW: In many respects we are a genuine social enterprise. It's not so much the decision-making processes that ...

CEC to partner with American Council on Renewable Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) have announced a partnership in which that will bring together industry experts and stakeholders to work on policies, finance mechanisms and market drivers beneficial to both markets. "This new partnership between ...