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Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Green Property Working Group has issued proposed standards defining which buildings can be used as the basis for certified climate bonds. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The proposed rules are part of the Climate Bonds Standards ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainable, and that will impact on the retailer as well. Progress is being made on improving the fire and building safety standards, Carlsson-Sweeny reported. There are three main organisations multi-stakeholder and legally binding Bangladesh Accord ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... world and becoming increasingly more obvious." Countries around the world are adopting disclosure payment disclosure standards for listed mining companies - Canada is working towards adopting a G7 initiative requiring mining companies to disclose payments ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... include community organisations and shareholders. Secondly, we need to do our research to identify what improvement in standards we want the payday lending sector to adopt. The last review of the Consumer Credit Code hasn't really solved the financial ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... range selects managers that invest in companies that lead on ethical considerations, such as human rights, and labour standards, social consideration such as community involvement, environmental considerations and governance considerations. In addition ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... wider group of stakeholders than just capital markets and investors, which are the focus of the integrated reporting standards. Information of relevance to NGOs, for example, will increasingly migrate to the internet.

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... that have enhanced credibility and aided in due diligence and monitoring,such as IRIS (Impact Reporting and Investment Standards) or labels such as GIIRS (Global Impact Investing Rating System), AXA IM said. "We look forward to putting our imprint on ...

Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... platform for "companies of all sizes to upload, share and track core information in areas of business ethics, labour standards, environmental footprints and governance practices." Sedex, which operates an online database of ethical and sustainable supply ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... respondents. CDP notes that this trend "Getting verification on the agenda is something that we think is important," Day said. "Standards around water verification are much less mature than the equivalent standards for greenhouse gas data and information ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
(ed. note: Substantially updates throughout with comment from Lois Guthrie) The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has launched a discussion paper aimed at developing means for companies to assess and disclose carbon asset stranding risks (CASR). ...