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Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... registered reports, Spain was second with 8% of total registered reports and Sweden third with 6%, according to GRI analysis. Europe is the region with the largest percentage of GRI reports in 2011, with 47% of the total. Asia had 17% of GRI reports ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... business as usual. "Australia's target represents a target which is broadly compliable with the likes of the US, Japan, Europe, China and Brazil - in other words, a large chunk of global emissions. On this basis, there's' little danger that Australia ...

IIGCC calls for reform to EU Emissions Trading Scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has urged European Union ministers to consider changes to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to ensure its viability. The IIGCC, a collaborative body of investors representing EUR7.5tr ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Australian companies are exposed to risks stemming from human rights issues, and should be aware of international laws and frameworks creating obligations or pressure to set, implement and monitor human rights policies. Although there is not one set ...

David Green named Clean Energy Council CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has hired David Green as its new chief executive officer. Green was the founding chief executive of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy (UKBCSE) from 2001 to the start of this year, and is an executive director ...

Australian Ethical funds post mixed month for February

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Five of Australian Ethical's managed funds had positive returns for the month of February, but some underperformed their benchmarks and others barely eked out positive returns. Australian Ethical's Smaller Companies Trust had the highest returns for ...

RIAA to join in global report on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) will participate in a joint project with other sustainable investment organisations to report on the global scope of sustainable and responsible investment. The "trends report" will provide information ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
James Gifford is the executive director of the UNPRI. He is currently in Australia and met with The Sustainability Report to talk about PRI's progress, its future plans, the challenges to implementing responsible investment (RI,) and how PRI can assist ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia, a multi-party organisation made up of human rights, aid, faith-based and environmental organisations, is pressing for regulatory changes that will cause oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to ...

Strong overseas interest in EUA structure, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... that is the envy of the world from a property perspective and a retrofit perspective," Bocskay said. Bocskay has been in Europe to talk about the EUA structure, speaking at the Global Energy Basel Summit, which focused on financing sustainable urban ...