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Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Application of multiple capitals is a fundamental concept for Integrated Reporting, and reporting those multiple capitals represent a narrative of how an organisation creates value, according to a paper by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary have all been certified carbon neutral by Low Carbon Australia. The three facilities that make up Zoos Victoria have been assessed against the Australian government's National Carbon Offset ...

The hidden movement: how responsible brands strike back

STEPHEN HALE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Ed Note: The Sustainability Report welcomes this comment from Stephen Hale, a director at Core and former founding MD of OgilvyEarth. Core is an independent Sydney-based marketing and strategy agency Stephen Hale The other day a well known marketing ...

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
There is a correlation between Australian companies with strong financial performance and strong creating shared value (CSV) performance, but it appears that financial performance leads to greater CSV, rather than vice versa, according to research from ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has developed a strategy that applies environmental, social and governance metrics to assess countries' creditworthiness and risks and opportunities in sovereign debt portfolios. Matt Christensen The approach is outlined ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
It is the goal of sustainability practitioners to establish corporate social responsibility (CSR) to provide the company with processes and responsibilities to respond resiliently to both everyday interactions and to the extraordinary situations that ...

IIRC, IASB agree to more cooperation on reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have signed an agreement that will see the two cooperate more deeply in the development of the integrated corporate reporting framework. IASB ...

GNDI: encourage board diversity, but not by quotas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
A diverse corporate board can have a significant, positive impact on business outcomes, but mandatory quotas are not the most effective way to improve board diversity, according to a joint policy paper issued by the Global Network of Director Institutes ...

Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Companies need to develop and implement new strategies to uncover and communicate how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are material to business performance, and investors need to ask companies questions on material ESG factors during ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Four Australian companies were ranked as gold award winners for sustainable business, according to The Sustainability Yearbook 2013, published by RobecoSAM and KPMG International. ANZ, GPT Group, Tabcorp Holdings and Sims Metal Management were all awarded ...