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Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... organisations that use the GRI guidelines to provide disclosures and indicators on economic, environmental and social impacts that are material to their business. "One of the key benefits of the new G4 Guidelines is their redefined focus on disclosure ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Brandweiner noted that companies are increasingly being made to take responsibility for their environmental and social impacts through regulation, taxation, fines, higher insurance premiums, and compensation claims, which has a flow-on impact on the ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... "progress ongoing". Looking ahead, NAB will start using social return on investment (SROI) metrics to measure the social impacts of their programs in financial inclusion and supporting economic and social development in their partnerships with Indigenous ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... and Brazil over the last four years." Statoil and BG are best positioned to manage associated environmental and social impacts, while Reuter and Sasarean said they have concerns about BP and Chevron, noting that BP and Chevron's "high risk exposure to ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
ASX100 companies are disclosing their environmental and social impacts on upstream and downstream supply chains, but there is significant variability in disclosures within and between industry sectors and room for improvement, according to a joint report ...

Integrated reporting discussion paper released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... information needs to be provided clearly and concisely with the connections between financial, environmental and social impacts demonstrated and the clutter removed. This is what Integrated Reporting seeks to achieve." The IIRC is attempting to build ...

PUMA's environmental P&L reporting: a model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... second and third stages. In terms of the employment-related figures, they're easy to get values. But the wider social impacts they're talking about - they'll be challenging. I'm not quite sure how they'll go about it. They don't have a dollar value as ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... generation and store development as material issues for the business. Meanwhile, Woolworths also recognizes the social impacts of some of their business decisions - to gain liquor licenses in Queensland, the company must own pubs, which has led to the ...
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