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UCA Funds Management certified as B Corp, signs Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... organisations with sustainable and ethical practices. B Corps are certified by the non-profit B Lab as meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. "B Corp is to sustainable business what Fair Trade ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... companies in 2017. Meanwhile, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), in conjunction with Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) have released Sustainability reporting in Australia ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... developed a packaging sustainability performance framework, built on a comprehensive review of existing international standards and guidelines from organisations such as The Consumer Goods Forum, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and the International ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... developed a packaging sustainability performance framework, built on a comprehensive review of existing international standards and guidelines from organisations such as The Consumer Goods Forum, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and the International ...

Sodexo Australia moves to cage free eggs for fresh egg supply

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... to ensure that only cage-free eggs are going to Sodexo, the farms are being third party audited to the industry Egg Standards Australia accreditation, said Bruce De Lacy, Farm Pride Foods chief operations officer. "Basically, because we'd had a partnership ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... nature of responsible investment, including establishing an EU classification system for sustainable activities, creating standards and labels for green financial products, while also developing sustainability benchmarks and clarifying institutional ...

CDSB, TCFD launch knowledge hub for organisational implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) have launched a TCFD Knowledge Hub to provide insights, tools and resources for organisations implementing the TCFD recommendations. The ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... there is sufficient data available to conduct robust analysis, and that the common misconception about weaker governance standards in emerging markets is wrong. "Comparing similar-sized corporates from the same industry in emerging and developed markets ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... organisations that actively engage in sustainable practices. They were: 90% of 'cost of capital' studies show that sound ESG standards lower the cost of capital; 88% of the studies show that solid ESG practices result in better operational performance ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board issues TCFD aligned framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has released today an updated version of their framework, aligned with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The framework presents links to align reporting environmental ...