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Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... and with government has yielded positive outcomes. Federal government is expected to promulgate legislation to tighten standards around leasing/lending to vulnerable Australians. "It's important to knowledge that Thorn said some time ago that they were ...

NZ Super to exclude companies in recreational cannabis industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... whale meat. "The Fund also excludes a small number of individual companies for severe breaches of responsible investment standards, such as the UN Global Compact, where engagement is unlikely to be effective due to the context of the company's operations ...

First State Super joins Australian Council of Superannuation Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Michael Dwyer. "We are pleased to support ACSI's advocacy, engagement and voting programs to encourage better governance standards amongst Australia's leading companies." Earlier this year, the New South Wales Treasury Corporation (TCorp) has also joined ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... industry-wide review of climate-related disclosures. APRA has "no immediate plans" to introduce climate-risk specific prudential standards, and will use CPS-220 as the standard for general risk management expectations, Summerhayes said. "So whether due ...

Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility joins Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... bringing in a new course on human rights." ACCSR is the leading registered Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Standards training organisation in Australia and New Zealand.

WBCSD survey finds continued progress in quantity, quality of sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... since 2013 for the Reporting Matters study. The report found that this year, 85% of reporters use GRI guidelines or standards, compared to 75% in 2013, 73% of companies have some portion of their report externally assured, compared to 64% in 2013, an ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases Marine Renewable Energy Criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... requirements for marine renewable energy investment eligibility under the Climate Bonds Certification. Anna Creed, head of standards at Climate Bonds Initiative The new criteria outlines disclosure, GHG emission mitigation and climate adaptation and ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... reshaped the way sustainability is reported and now that it has transitioned from voluntary guidelines into reporting standards, it could impact more profoundly in the future on regulation and policy in this sphere. Leeora Black, managing director of ...

CEFC lends $32m for construction of green student accommodation project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... property-related commitment in Adelaide," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "This project will lift the benchmark for building standards in student accommodation, representing an important step toward achieving net zero carbon buildings". The Waymouth Street ...

Financial Services Council launches Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Korea, Malaysia and Brazil. "All of our members have to adhere to the standards," said Sally Loane, FSC CEO. "We have around 50 or so fund managers who are members, managing roughly 80% of funds under management ...