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Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Canada has passed a payment disclosure standard for its listed mining companies, and Publish What you Pay Australia said this could influence Australia to adopt a similar regime here. Canada's Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act will require ...

Asia investments in sustainable strategies hit US$44.9B: ASrIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... encouraging that many of the region's bourses have introduced or are introducing more comprehensive requirements for disclosure on sustainability and ESG issues. This is critical for progress in the market," said Jessica Robinson, ASrIA CEO. "Our findings ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... impact and water risks will impact, but it's hard to know how in the long term. What I'd like to see is further water disclosure, for examples. The CDP Water Project is seeing response, but very few companies have any real plans in that area. Then, of ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... example, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released Regulatory Guide 247 (RG 247), Effective disclosure in an operating and financial review, opening further opportunities for transparency around environmental and social issues ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... women in leadership roles, lending to cleantech and environmental services of AU$8 billion and new commitments around disclosure of carbon emissions as part of its 2014 sustainability report. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The group reported a 12% increase ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... insecurity. CDP sent the questionnaires at the request of 573 institutional investors with US$60 trillion in assets. Disclosure levels of the Global 500 has "stagnated" from 2013 to 2014, and 42% requested to disclose information on their water risks ...

CDSB publishes final draft of expanded framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has released the final draft of its expanded reporting framework. The new CDSB framework will be launched in March 2015. This second, draft version of the standard incorporates comment provided to the initial ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last year released Regulatory Guide 247 (RG 247), Effective disclosure in an operating and financial review, a guidance for directors to provide "useful and meaningful information" when preparing ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... CDP 2014 ASX 200 Climate Leadership Awards. Challenger was recognised for best Best year on year change in climate disclosure with a 49 point increase in its climate disclosure score from CDP2013 to CDP2014. Amcor and Commonwealth Bank of Australia were ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... of their statutory reporting to regulatory bodies and to the Victorian state government, Simpson said. "It meets our disclosure requirements," she said. "It has some technical information in there that we have to include in our report as far as the [Australian ...