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EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Transparent disclosure of payments made by extractive companies to the countries they operate is not an end goal, should be conflated with broader definitions of good governance, and needs to be communicated more effectively to a broader range of stakeholders. ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Compact Principles, and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. G4 is the product of two years of stakeholder consultation and dialogue as part of GRI's due process. GRI organised working groups around the world, comprising 120 specialists ...

Australia to consider country-level payment disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... AU$500,000 cost was funded by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. The pilot has been overseen by a multi-party stakeholder group of federal and state government representatives, industry and non-government organisations.

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... their own can't solve the problem of worker safety and conditions, experts say they can collaborate through multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement, developed by an alliance of NGOs encouraging international ...

Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... end, report points to collaborative efforts such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a mechanism for stakeholder engagement through the supply chain that has certified more than 10% of current pam oil production as sustainable. Because ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are looking to engage with superannuation funds and their individual members as they seek to effectual environmental and social changes, with varying levels of response. For their part, superannuation funds are ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... that may in fact be performing well, but do not have a credible and independent way of letting their customers and stakeholder know that they take corporate responsibility and sustainability seriously. This index provides a unique opportunity for companies ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... future prospects." The IR principles include strategic focus and future orientation, connectivity of information, stakeholder responsiveness, materiality and conciseness, reliability and completeness and consistency and comparability. IR is intended ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has focused on three priority areas in its 2013-2017 sustainability strategy -responding to shifts in demographic and cultural change, creating economic solutions to environmental challenges, and helping customers achieve sustainable financial ...

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 ...