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Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... metrics as they do financial issues and metrics - the report notes that companies often don't relate non-financial information to industry or peer averages, even when that data is available, and that quantifiable ESG data metrics need to be tracked. ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... market exchanges have increased requirements for disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) non-financial information, including Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand, but the report notes that Asian regional bond managers lag listed equity ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... however it pans out, it's clear that the need for information in business is becoming broader than just financial information, and there is a need to help people to provide assurance on all kinds of information. It's not just for full-scale sustainability ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... pilot framework for integrated reporting. Integrated reporting is a framework to present financial and non-financial information for investors' and stakeholders' analysis. Stockland reported that underlying profit was AU$676.1m, down 7% for the 2012 ...

Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... threats. Integrated reporting is designed as a tool for investors. The combination of financial and non-financial information and the forward looking outlook of the integrated reporting draft model is designed to help investors gain a more complete view ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... governments of the day to take the decisions that serve the interests of community." Given the value that extra-financial information can have in informing decision making for investors, government and other actors, the panellists criticised the fact ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Companies' extra-financial information, such as disclosures on governance and environmental issues, is used by analysts and investors to help analyse and inform investment decisions, according to research conducted by the Global Reporting Initiative ...

Transparency International publishes anti-corruption report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... least transparent and 10 most transparent, ranked on how the companies are structured and the amount of financial information provided for each company in which they operate. Norway's Statoil was top rated,with a score of 8.3. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton ...

IIRC releases outline to integrated reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... the release of the IR outline. "The concept of 'integration', embedding value-relevant financial and non-financial information into strategic decision-making and a company's reporting cycle, is gaining momentum as a vital step in the evolution of corporate ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... said. "Under those circumstances, this is analogous to the sort of information that would be reported with financial information. We have tried to develop the AWAS parallel with financial reporting, so that there's consistency in terms of concepts and ...