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Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... industry, for example," Walsh said. "For the life of us, we can't see why rental goods shouldn't at least comply with the standards of mobile phones and the financial controls that apply in the payday lending sector." Recently, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia ...

Supply chain sustainability school launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... suppliers and service providers. The school focuses on online training for a better understanding of sustainability standards for the industry. It is a not-for-profit initiative and it is based on the UK's Supply Chain School.

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... performance," Abets and Cash said in a joint statement. The Department of Employment conducted a review of the reporting standards and received feedback from stakeholders as part of the review. As part of the changes, organisations will no longer be ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... an additional AU$1.2 billion per year to 2020. It is presumed that existing CFI projects that transitioned to the ERF standards will make up the majority of the first auction participants. "The likely participants in the first auction will be existing ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... engage more deeply with the investment community on these issues and contribute to the further development of reporting standards in this important emerging area." CeGeREAL is a French REIT based in Paris, France and is listed on Euronext Paris. It invests ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... certification process in the third quarter of 2015, he said. "In part, the process of certifying funds is intended to set standards around responsible investment funds," O'Connor said. "RIAA is not explicitly a standards-setting body, but our certified ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... it will send a signal to issuers that there is robust investor interest in green bonds and a desire for adherence to standards and more comprehensive disclosure around use of proceeds and reporting on project impacts," said Chris Davis, director of investor ...

GRI publishes linkage document for EU ESG directive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... formulated in the Directive." said Bastian Buck, GRI's director reporting standard. See Also: European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

GRI creates two leadership groups for future discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... integrated reporting interact, how a multi-stakeholder approach can be achieved in integrated reporting, and how the GRI G4 standards can be used to prepare integrated reports. See Also: GRI launches Reporting 2025 initiative

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... global transition to the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 standard - all organisations using GRI now have to apply G4 standards to reports. G4's focus on materiality and the widening of organisational boundaries to encompass more of the supply chain ...