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La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... university, in the introduction to the 2011 report. The university disclosed accomplishments against a range of performance standards, including reducing facility greenhouse gas emissions to 0.13 tonnes CO2-e/GFA, against a target of 0.17 CO2-e/GFA ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian mining industry are working to catch up with investor expectations on corporate governance and disclosure standards, according to BlackRock's Asia Pacific head of corporate governance and responsible investment. Pru Bennett Pru Bennett, director ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability improvements during each stage of the building's life, including improving building codes and minimum standards to include requirements for fit-out or refurbishment to improve environmental efficiency, and suggested that regulation should ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Corporate Responsibility Report again achieved an A+ rating from the Global Reporting Initiative. Our hotel operational standards go well beyond regulatory requirements and we regret GetUp declined the opportunity to be fully informed about our approach. ...

Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Australians are also participating in the GRI working groups that have contributed to the development and redevelopment of standards that appear in the G4 exposure draft. John Purcell of CPA Australia and Kirsten Simpson of Net Balance participate in ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian companies are coming under scrutiny for their management of water risks. Jayne Godfrey The Water Accounting Standards Board (WASB) has developed the Australian Water Accounting Standard (AWAS), which will quantify information about water ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... going through a bit of change, such as getting the back office and client services in order to meet minimum service standards," he said. "There has been change in relation to rebuilding/reshaping ourselves in the sales and marketing team. We have also ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... recommended that the British government adopt a climate change reporting framework developed by the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), a project of CDP. CDSB has been developing its climate change reporting framework with the support of the UK ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... investors and pushing on the issuance side." The lack of issuance and liquidity are two issues, and a third is a set of standards. The Climate Bonds Initiative has launched a set of standards for verifying green bonds' credentials, Mercer notes. Despite ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... diversity of the board as well." ASX-listed companies will now have to report on their progress on meeting gender diversity standards in the revised ASX Principle 3 of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. ASX-listed companies ...

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Podcast: From silos to synergy

THE GREENER WAY
First Sentier Investors' global head of responsible investment Kate Turner joins The Greener Way to discuss how accounting for the many inter-reactions and flow-on effects of addressing specific sustainability issues can lead to improved outcomes.

Plenti wins WA government mandate

KARREN VERGARA
ASX-listed Plenti Group has won a mandate from the Western Australian government to help the state accelerate the adoption of batteries.

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA
Despite the raging global trade war, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) is calling for carbon tariffs on some imports and for Australia to lead the way for a regional Asian carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).

Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

MATTHEW WAI
Although investors are withdrawing from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield.

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