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Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... peers. "A lot of investors are actually taking their decisions from a range of information sources, and there no one data protocol to rely on," Bell said. "What's interesting is that for those investors that say they don't use [non-financial] disclosures ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... After giving it a fair bit of consideration, he approached us." The CFI implements national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and also creates financial incentives to undertake emission ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... out of TEEB are a rich source of dynamics and change within corporations." Purcell also pointed to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol as another accounting methodology that wasn't developed by accountants, but has become used in financial accounting as systems ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Lonmin, also of South Africa, identified reputational damage as a risk, and said that it created a stakeholder engagement protocol based on industry best practice to engage with communities in which they operate. Australian businesses were included in ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... administered by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, implements national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and also creates financial incentives to undertake emission ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Calculating the value of the ecosystem in which a company operates can not only provide measures of the company's dependency on services such as water, land, biomass and climate control, but also offers information for strategic consideration of risk ...

GRI opens comment on anti-corruption, GHG guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... initiatives against corruption. Meanwhile, the proposed GHG guidelines bring GRI's framework more in line with the GHG Protocol, a set of standards jointly released by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ...

Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... residual food intake. The CFI, which was launched last December, will implement certain national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and also creates financial incentives to undertake emission ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... CEO of COzero The CFI, which was launched last December, will implement certain national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... detailing its actions and progress against the PRI's six principles. The report, which is a self-assessment, per PRI protocol, covered activities in 2010 and early 2011. Perpetual assessed itself as in the second quartile in comparison to other Australian ...