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Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative issues communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and three UN partners. "In addition to promoting transparency with external stakeholders, the Communication to Stakeholders document is a very effective tool for engaging internal stakeholders ...

GRI, Fundacion ONCE launch disability reporting guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... disabilities. Disability in Sustainability Reporting is designed to "enhance organisational understanding of the value of transparency on disability" as relates to inclusive workplaces and the business case for developing new products, services and physical ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... development of energy efficiency initiatives. I think it's quite exciting." However, there are concerns over the transparency of pricing and the number of participants in the first auction. The regulator did not set a benchmark price for the first auction ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Mexico and South America, GRESB said. "We believe that corporate responsibility leadership requires both action and transparency, and over a few short years GRESB has become the de facto standard for communicating sustainability performance to key stakeholders," ...

GRI publishes linkage document for EU ESG directive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... GRI's deputy chief executive. "This publication is yet another example of GRI's commitment to advancing corporate transparency, as well as sustainable and inclusive growth within the European Union and beyond." Six thousand large, public interest enterprises ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... edge of innovation and problem-solving - cannot grasp the simple mathematics of wasted capital and the need for more transparency in investing, not less," said John Hewson, chair of the AODP. "We did not expect to find that there would be a lower participation ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... human rights and supply chain as issues on the agenda this year. There will also be continued work on supply chain transparency and management of ESG risks along the supply chain, said Richard Boele, founder and managing director of consultancy Banarra. ...

GRI launches Reporting 2025 initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... and SAP, GRI said. "The GRI Guidelines have evolved over the past two decades as societal expectations of business transparency and good stewardship have developed," Arbex said. "During the Reporting 2025 project, I will be speaking with top executives ...

ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has said it will this year continue to engage with banks for even further transparency. Last year, ACCR campaigned to get the four largest banks - National Australia Bank (NAB), Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of ...

Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... you Pay Australia said this could influence Australia to adopt a similar regime here. Canada's Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act will require oil, gas and mining companies to report their payments to governments worldwide annually. It will ...