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Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... improvements in ESG related activities. In particular, the firm discussed its participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). CFSGAM became an EITI signatory in 2009 and in 2010 focused on its participation in the body, which ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... investment decisions and operations is "immature". "It's very immature and very few funds are very good at providing transparency. About half the funds in Australia don't qualify for consideration, to begin with," he said. "Very few funds get it right ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... gradual 6. be simple and effective 7. support low-emission base-load generation technology development. See Also: Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... and different industries, public or private sector, and that is important because it gives the accountability and transparency that we're looking for in this area," said Mark Shying, senior policy adviser in external reporting at CPA Australia. "The ...

Finsia drafts principles to disclose, address gender divide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... independent research firm Corporate Analysis Enhanced Responsibility (CAER) to author Promoting gender equity through transparency, a report examining the representation of women in Australia's financial services industry. The report notes that between ...

PwC, Institute of Chartered Accountants recognise NFP transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Mission Australia and Camp Quality have been recognised with the fourth annual Australian PwC Transparency Awards, which recognise improvement in reporting in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. The awards are adjudicated in collaboration with the Institute ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched the Report or Explain Campaign Forum to encourage increased corporate transparency around ESG impacts. "A report or explain approach could persuade more companies to report rather than to explain why they ...

Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... "This is encouraging both in terms of the work being done by ICMM, but also as a reflection of a growing culture of transparency in the industry." The application level is based on the GRI G3 guidelines. The application levels indicate whether the reporting ...