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Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... corporate greenhouse gas reduction targets - the Science Based Targets Initiative is an initiative of the CDP, the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and WWF. "The Science Basted Target Initiative is establishing a methodology ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... issues. Rosemary Sainty, doctoral researcher, UTS Business School and founding Australian representative to the UN Global Compact To grapple with these issues as well as understand the relative balance of stakeholders including shareholders, companies ...

KPMG Australia launches supplier code of conduct

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... citizenship, KPMG Australia. The code draws on KPMG's global supplier code of conduct, the ten principles of the UN Global Compact and national legislation. It also references KPMG Australia's membership in Supply Nation and its Reconciliation Action ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... reporting/corporate social responsibility work," said Rosemary Sainty, the founding Australian representative to the UN Global Compact who is currently undertaking research at the University Technology Sydney Centre for Corporate Governance. "... Corporate ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... MSCI ESG Research; Rachel Alembakis, publisher, The Sustainability Report; Alice Cope, executive manager of the UN Global Compact Network Australia. Missing from photo: Ian Woods, head of ESG Investment research at AMP Capital Investors A panel of experts ...

ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... businesses identify and address their human rights risks, including references to international standards as the UN Global Compact and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. "There are good tools and frameworks and standards available to ...

GRI CEO discusses future of sustainability reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... what you're actually doing and how you're progressing towards that goal, that's GRI." GRI has worked with the UN Global Compact and World Business Council on Sustainable Development to create the SDG Compass, an online tool that assists organisations ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... corporate engagement on climate policy, will report climate change engagement on climate policy, and align with the UN Global Compact's Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing as part of its commitments, the company said. "We are heading towards ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... account for their fair share of carbon emissions." To assist in the setting of emissions reductions targets, CDP, UN Global Compact, the World Resources Institute and the WWF are developing sectoral decarbonisation methodologies that will help individual ...

Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative issues communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... stakeholders including the board of directors, senior leaders, and employees," said Gavin Power, deputy director, UN Global Compact. "Our partner exchanges are already using it to start an internal conversation about their role in sustainable development ...