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Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... its clients attach to SRI. Through our efforts I look forward to contributing to the development of the principles and standards of corporate responsibility." Standard Life Investments is headquartered in Edinburgh, and maintains offices in Sydney as ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... is initially intended for governmental use, accounting professionals say that it could be used to develop accounting standards for corporate use as well. Dr Joanne Tingey-Holyoak, researcher, Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability (CAGS) ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the model being used in the corporate sector," Kidney said. "For that market, however, stringent green or climate bond standards will be of paramount importance. For investor demand to remain high there has to be trust in the green credentials of the ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Multinational Enterprises, "making it easier for organizations to understand the synergies and complementarities in these standards, and use them in conjunction with one another." At the conference, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon launched three new ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Publish What You Pay Australia will press its case to the new federal government for the adoption of mandatory disclosure standards for companies in the mining and extractive industry. This week, Prime Minister Tony Abbott named the ministers who will ...

UN Global Compact designs equities index that outperforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... consideration a range of indicators based on the Global Compact's ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, environmental stewardship, and anti-corruption. Sustainalytics had approximately 722 Global Compact companies in its research ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has become an official supporter of the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD). The CDSB will aid NCD with input and expertise in developing financial sector reporting on natural capital, based on principles ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... to have greater unrest, according to an analysis done by Maplecroft. "A strong legal and regulatory environment, high standards of health and education, respect for labour rights and access to quality infrastructure all contribute to economic growth ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Global Reporting Initiative's 3.1 guidelines. The bank said that as part of its commitment to adopting international standards and best practices, it is prioritising and promoting natural capital considerations as "vitally important" to the long term ...

Melbourne wins energy efficient built environment award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Melbourne's initiatives to create an energy efficient environment for retrofitting existing buildings and setting minimum standards for new buildings, leading to the highest density of new green buildings in Australia. "We know that sustainability and ...