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NAB, bankmecu win at Australasian Reporting Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has been recognised for its sustainability reporting, while bankmecu won an award for integrated reporting at the 2013 Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA). Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director The ARA awards are intended ...

GBCA: Green Star buildings more efficient, less wasteful

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Green Star-rated buildings produce around one third the greenhouse gas emissions and use a third of the electricity consumed by the average Australian building, according to research from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). GBCA's report ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... conference, EITI announced reforms to the existing standard to further push the amount of disclosure. EITI is a global benchmark for natural resource revenue management. Around 40 countries implement the EITI standard, which requires full disclosure ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... good business case." The index was developed to provide investors using the Emerald Wrap with a potential vehicle and a benchmark for performance, but Thomas notes that the index is not widely invested. He notes as well that there is significant tracking ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and their new Investment Leadership Group." CFSGAM noted that their main benchmark in responsible investment is their performance relative to peers against the UNPRI. CFSGAM is in the top quartile for ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... able to entertain these and whilst they are in our pipeline they are unlikely to be funded by the CEFC. To achieve our benchmark, we need our money to come back with interest." Last week, the government announced the CEFC's investment mandate. The government ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation gets investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... contract investments to be funded from July 1, 2013." The government has directed the CEFC board to adopt a portfolio benchmark return for fund performance based on a weighted average of the five-year Australian government bond rate, reflecting the long-term ...

GRESB hires new head of Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark has hired Ruben Langbroek as head of Asia, responsible for strategic development in the region. Langbroek will strengthen and develop GRESB's relationship with institutional real estate investors, fund ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... New Zealand companies lag global and UK peers in the Corporate Responsibility Index (CR Index), a leading voluntary benchmark of corporate responsibility. The CR Index ranks and compares companies - public, private, partnerships, franchise and government-owned ...

Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... year does not require organisations adopt its categorisation of the capitals, but rather were included to serve as a benchmark for ensuring that organisations consider the forms of capital that they use and affect, and as part of a "theoretical underpinning ...