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GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Christianna Wood has been named the new chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative board, and six directors have been named to the board. Wood takes over from outgoing GRI Chairman Herman Mulder. She is a member of the board of the International Integrated ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... see a number of positive signs of bonds being used to raise capital for emerging economies, notably in Mexico and South Africa, as well as through 'green bond' issuance from institutions such as the IFC and World Bank," HSBC said. "For this to be a reliable ...

James Gifford to leave Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... me to take on the next big challenge." The PRI Association Board and PRI Advisory Council will meet in Cape Town, South Africa, in late September to discuss the succession plan for the role. "We are sad to see James leave and I would like to thank him ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... internationally accepted limits, thresholds, guidelines and methodologies." In its response, Royal Bafokeng Platinum of South Africa identified higher water prices as a risk and said they are increasing water recycling usage by building water treatment ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... perspectives one year on, features analysis from 49 sustainability reporting experts in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa, UAE and the UK who looked at the impact of paragraph 47 of the United Nation's outcome document, The Future We Want, which ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental activist Bill McKibben has met with superannuation funds during his recent Australian tour, pressing the economic and moral case for investors to divest from fossil fuel companies. Bill McKibben, co-founder and chairman of the board of ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... deputy chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative. "In recent years countries like India, China, Brazil, South Africa and the US have pioneered a number of innovative policies on sustainability disclosure. This proposal is an opportunity for ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Marshall both spoke to initiatives addressing employee health - Chapman of Xtrata, which has mining operations in South Africa, pointed to an HIV/AIDS health initiative. Chapman said that when Xtrata began operating in South Africa ten years ago, one ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. But the report also noted that the Asian region has investment opportunities with developments in low carbon ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. "There are particular implications in Australia," Poulter said. "It is a resource intensive economy, our superannuation ...