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Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Energy Flagship. CSIRO recently undertook analysis in The Future Grid Forum with the collaboration of a number of stakeholders and generated four scenarios for retail consumption and interaction with utilities, each of which have "far-reaching implications ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... fund for social innovation. EuropeLab is working with the Social Innovation Bank (Santa Casa do Lisboa) and other stakeholders in Portugal on building the impact investing market, Addarii said. More locally, here in Australia, there is capital for investment ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... broad support for an expanded reporting framework proposed by the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), but stakeholders are calling for more clarification on alignment. Earlier this year, CDSB released a draft version of an expanded reporting framework ...

Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... 'improve your process' and 'improve your systems' to recommendations around 'communicate your outcomes better to stakeholders', which means could you tell a more interesting story, or make it a story and not just a disclosure document. I think we will ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... evolve beyond compliance and realise the benefits of good governance practice, and take the opportunity to engage with stakeholders around issues like investment beliefs, remuneration philosophy, even effective board performance. These things are quite ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... regulatory bodies of the GRI's standard setting role. GRI Focal Point Australia recently hosted a webinar for Australian stakeholders to outline the process and invite feedback. "The G4 guidelines were established with the intention of being standards-ready," ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... contribution to the transition to a green economy we need to head off catastrophic climate change." Several Australian stakeholders participated in the Green Property Technical Working Group, including Cath Bremmer of ANZ, Niall McCarthy of the Investor ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... project developers, because they will be the only ones that have projects registered to bid in." Yet another area that stakeholders want clarified is the way in which methodologies are generated. Under the proposed changes to the CFI by government, methods ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... linkage between the social programs and business impact. This is a huge area for companies to improve communication to stakeholders and shareholders." KPMG defined social investments as corporate donations of cash or products, employee volunteering ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... issues is part of managing intangible assets, and that managing a company's reputation with internal and external stakeholders is part of business strategy. "One of the key benefits of sustainability is really increasing the value and strengthening those ...