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John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... partnership of nine corporate director organisations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Colvin was unanimously elected, with Stan Magidson, president and CEO of the Institute ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Government Super (LGS) was ranked the top institutional asset onwer for its transparency and management plan, with South Africa's Government Employees Pension Fund second, CareSuper third, the Dutch Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) fourth ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Africa across asset classes. The project will be coordinated by teams based in Mauritius, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, South Africa, USA and the UK. Project partners include the Government Employees Pension Fund of South Africa, Investec Asset Management ...

Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... contextual story. The KPMG report examined the experience of applying integrated reporting through the experience of South Africa, which since March 2010 has required companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) file integrated reports or ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability disclosures had slowed relative to other countries. Atkin noted that five years ago, around 45% of both South Africa and Australian listed companies published sustainability reports. Last year, South African companies listed on the Johannesburg ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... their water management. One of the benefits of this that has been reported to WASB, and that water authorities in South Africa and Spain have reported is that those organisations that have piloted aspects of water accounting have found it useful in managing ...

Countries join to push sustainability reporting post Rio+20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The governments of Brazil, Denmark, France and South Africa have joined in an initiative to commit to corporate sustainability reporting, in support of paragraph 47 of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development's outcome document. The four governments ...

AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... head of ESG research. Andrews has worked at consultants KPMG and PwC in the area of sustainability in Australia and South Africa. He has also worked as an environmental consultant in South Africa and Mozambique, primarily in the mining and energy sectors. ...

Corporate sustainability a vehicle for value creation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and advocacy group that advises South African companies. He has more than 20 years' experience in sustainability. South Africa provides a model and a case study to how companies approach sustainability reporting. Companies listed on Johannesburg Stock ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. As part of the study, Mercer outlined a framework for analyzing climate-related investment risks and opportunities. ...