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New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... provides forestry offsets in the California emissions trading scheme, and Brand has previously told The Sustainability Report that New Forest has around 450,000 acres of projects under our forest carbon farmers program.

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Australia," said Martin Vezer, senior associate, thematic research, Sustainalytics, in written comment to The Sustainability Report. "Only the US, the UK and India experienced more incidents than Australia... Normalizing for country size (GDP), Australia ...

Moving towards an Australian Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for business?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this article from Katherine Christ of the University of South Australia and Roger Burritt of the Australian National University Dr Katherine Christ and Professor Roger Burritt Roger Burritt, ANU ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... weeks' Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference, held November 15 and 16. The Sustainability Report is media sponsor for the conference. "What we're starting to see is that for a long time the industry has been focused ...

ACSI publishes report calling for introduction of non-binding shareholder resolutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... resolution, maintaining the current threshold of 5% of capital or 100 shareholders for bringing proposals. As The Sustainability Report recently reported, governance experts see shareholder resolutions to raise ESG issues is one of the major themes of ...

The Sustainability Report Podcast: Dr Katina Michael

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
On this episode of The Sustainability Report Podcast, we're talking about how technology is changing how our economy operates and what disruption means both socially and economically. Innovation in renewable energy, battery storage and other areas have ...

WBCSD survey finds continued progress in quantity, quality of sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... continues to be important." "The financial report is a photograph of the status of the company, whereas the sustainability report will forecast risk in a more comprehensive way than has been present," Petersen said. "That's where the work of SASB and ...

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... annual general meeting (AGM) season. Ed John, ACSI executive manager, governance, engagement and policy The Sustainability Report spoke with governance specialists as they hit the crunch point in preparing their votes for AGM season, and while no professional ...

Woolworths facing shareholder resolution asking for human rights supply chain disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... eight ILO core conventions as set out in the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. The Sustainability Report sent Woolworths' media office an email and contacted them by telephone, but was not able to speak with Woolworths before ...

Allens sets target to achieve 35% female partners by 2022

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... Gender Equality Agency has recognised Allens as an employer of choice for gender diversity. See Also: The Sustainability Report Podcast: Yolanda Beattie