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Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... feedback on the effectiveness of investor communication, promote a communication format to foster communication between CEO/CFO, investor relations and CSR team and with ESG specialists and financial analysts and to foster an environment for innovations ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... said that the choice of assurance standard tended to be tailored to the intended audience of the assurance, noting that a CFO used ISEA3000/ASAE3000 as a means of "getting a handle" on sustainability information, while the AA1000AS standard was aimed ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... believe that integrated reporting will deliver benefits to their analysis, and 46% said that direct engagement with the CEO or CFO on extra-financial and ESG issues is very likely to influence their investment decisions or company analysis, slightly ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... noted. The challenge for the fund has been to explain and promote the EUA structure and utility. "If you say to a property CFO, you can finance this through debt, through equity or through an or EUA, they say, what's an EUA," Bocskay said. "You have ...

GRI launches format to tag sustainability data in reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... benefit from a well-defined, structured format for collecting and disseminating sustainability information," said Cees de Boer, CFO and COO of Deloitte Netherlands. "It enables both reporters and regulators to exchange sustainability data electronically ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
For companies to report and manage sustainability exposures for long-term value creation, they need develop strategies to improve environmental, social and governance performance. So says the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, which has ...

Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... potential impact of the proposed carbon pricing regime in the Clean Energy Future legislative package, plus the role that the CFO and senior corporate financial professionals can play in both mandatory and voluntary carbon and sustainability reporting. ...

Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Although the growing acceptance of reporting frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is spurring strategic thinking about disclosing and managing sustainability risks, companies and other organizations need to do more, including setting ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... with poor governance have a higher level of unexpected earnings announcements," she said. "Common sense would suggest that a CFO marking his own exam paper, so to speak, would lead to a higher incidence of surprises, which is something we want to avoid. ...

Deloitte, GRI to develop new program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... data more quickly and easily. "We are experiencing a major shift towards electronic information delivery," said Cees de Boer, CFO and COO of Deloitte in the Netherlands. "This development is already very important in financial reporting and is increasingly ...
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