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CDP signs agreements with SASB, GRI to further standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... director. "Our partnership will accelerate our collective work to benefit corporations and investors in understanding material risks and opportunities associated with climate change." CDSB maintains the Climate Change Reporting Framework, which helps ...

Natural Capital Declaration starts implementation phase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... will head the others. "Crucially, the Natural Capital Declaration is seeking to enhance the understanding of financially-material natural capital risks for different asset classes, while at the same time actively promoting the development of financial ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... 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 of material ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... together different business units and they can discuss how they are operating, and then you start to be able to unpack material business risks more effectively. That also means that you're going to be doing better reporting to the board, and the board ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... the purchase and replacement of 20% of key equipment, which has resulted in the company now processing over 50% of raw material with a power usage savings on average of 60%, Pangolin Associates said. "There are things like replacing and going to more ...

Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
As Net Balance and ECO-Buy continue the process of integration brought on by their merger four months ago, Net Balance reports that they are exploring ways to offer services that match the supply chain to environmental capacities. Cameron Neil "It's ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... decision-making; make timely and balanced disclosure; respect the rights of shareholders; and recognise and manage risk - are material to climate adaptation. While board members were aware of their legal risks and liabilities, some boards had a better ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... funds to take on board the International Integrated Reporting Framework, to deepen their understanding and integration of material long term, as well as short and medium term investment risks in their security analysis and selection processes." ACSI ...

Local Government Super adopts private equity ESG framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... have the investors in place," Hartnett said. "We have a large allocation to private equity and see ESG risks as being material - we probably see ESG risks as more material in unlisted investment where you hold for a longer term and can't always get out ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... challenges, and helping customers achieve sustainable financial futures. Westpac selected those areas because they were most material to the bank as a financial institution as well as being themes that will evolve over the next 30 years. Alison Ewings ...