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Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... miscommunication over the G3 plus system. G4 is helping the transparency of assurance." There is also an emerging trend for Australian companies to report not only on environmental indicators, but also social indicators, particularly human rights issues ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... governments and regulatory bodies of the GRI's standard setting role. GRI Focal Point Australia recently hosted a webinar for Australian stakeholders to outline the process and invite feedback. "The G4 guidelines were established with the intention of ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... supporting water measurement and disclosure at corporate level as well." The report posited that the recent release of the Australian Water Accounting Standards, which call for third-party verification of reported figures, might positively impact on ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has recommended that listed companies disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. This week the ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council published a ...

CDSB expands natural capital in new reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... adapts language from International Financial Reporting Standar ds. Guthrie also highlighted initiatives such as the Australian Water Accounting Standards Board (WASB)'s Australian Water Accounting Standard (AWAS) as examples of local standards that can ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... go from a macro level system to a micro level system. The Water Accounting Standards Board (WASB) has developed the Australian Water Accounting Standard (AWAS), which quantifies information about water, rights and other claims to water, and obligations ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... organisation to investors and shareholders," according to the government's guidance. The legislation will impact on Australian companies that are incorporated in the UK and listed on the LSE, including Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. The Climate Disclosure ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Yates said. "Concessionality doesn't mean lending below the Government's cost of funds. Under Australian accounting standards regarding concessionality, where we are making loans where there might not be a clear market rate we must reflect a provision ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... work in conjunction with other accounting standards and frameworks, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Australian state and national regulatory standards and the Australian Water Accounting Standard (AWAS), McCombe said. The Water Accounting ...

More women, more new entrants appointed to ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... entrants to their boards, while smaller companies within the ASX200 are lagging behind, according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne ACSI published its 11 th study on board composition and non-executive ...