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Global Reporting Initiative launches sustainability database

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... size and location as well as use the data to find out what indicators companies are reporting on, and how companies' transparency compares to their peers. The database was built with the support of KPMG Spain and its software provider Baetica. Twenty-two ...

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian government has agreed to undertake a pilot of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson announcing that the government will provide AU$12.7m to support ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... shared interest in the good corporate governance through all those risk management issues - board effectiveness, transparency, governance of the company. They are all part of what the creditors have to bear in terms of the type of risk." But even as ...

Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... description. These short term bonuses are base pay in drag." Paatsch also pointed to questions about the practice and transparency around capital raisings as another issue for institutional investors. "Australia is still blighted by a lack of transparency ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... good," Macready said. "We participate in regular meetings by teleconference because they're in the US. We get full transparency on the assets. Triodos is based in the Netherlands, and they provide decent quarterly reporting. On our side, we're focused ...

GRI releases guidance for reporting on ecosystem services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... paves the way for guidance to support companies that want to report these impacts and dependencies, and encourages transparency around their relations with ecosystem services." See Also: GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estat ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... on blind faith that votes have been processed accordingly," Paatsch said. "It doesn't solve the problem of lack of transparency. You're trusting the company." This situation has already been tested - on 1 September, Metcash Limited faced a potential ...

Companies increasing remuneration report transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
More companies are increasing their transparency and engagement to explain remuneration practices, a result of the government's new "two strikes and you're out" test empowering shareholders to dump a board of directors, according to AMP Capital Investors. ...

PRI signatories develop farmland principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... and launched the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in Farmland, which seek to improve the sustainability, transparency and accountability of investments in farmland. The five principles provide best practice guidelines (see below) for due diligence ...

Metcash drop paper supplier over Indonesian foresting concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... environmental and social policies, which Metcash uses as part of the selection process. The process is designed to improve transparency on suppliers' sustainability activities and to verify information provided in the online questionnaire, Metcash has ...