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GRI creates two leadership groups for future discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... leveraged for the purpose of integrated reporting, GRI Says. "GRI believes that integrated reporting, which incorporates material sustainability information equally alongside financial information, and which embodies a truly multi-stakeholder approach ...

Bondor, QUT partner on sustainable building material project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will partner with Bondor, a producer of insulated roof and wall panels and lightweight decorative architectural facade panels, to measure how the company's thermal building system satisfies residents' cost savings ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... listed boards recognise and manage risk. Recommendation 7.4 says "[a] listed entity should disclose whether it has any material exposure to economic, environmental and social sustainability risks and, if it does, how it manages or intends to manage those ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... 2013 to analyse their responses to 10 identified global megaforces - population growth, climate change, energy and fuel, material resource scarcity, wealth, water scarcity, food security, deforestation, ecological decline and urbanisation. On average ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... market thinks. We can establish that ESG - and my work is around climate change - and climate change in particular, is a material risk and it is in the best interest of our beneficiaries to look at this from a finance position." Pablo Berrutti, head ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... deliver that - over 730 people took part on the day with, 47 projects and 35 charities." Mirvac has also identified 19 material issues, from waste, water and energy to materials, supplier governance, future cities and adaptation, affordability and social ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers has reported reducing total greenhouse gas emissions by 4.1% in the 2014 financial year, increased supply chain transparency for its Kmart and Target divisions, and increased the number of women in senior roles to 29%, according to its sustainability ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... case to make to most directors, and hopefully they understand the difference between independence and something that's material to them personally but isn't material to the company." Hagart differentiated the need for directors with holdings that are ...

Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... associated with soy when 83% of producers see that same risk. However, 74% of companies reported that they had at least one material risk associated with the key commodities driving deforestation, with identified risks including reputational risk, operational ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... the portfolio will not hold corporate debt from fossil fuel companies or convertible notes from companies that derive material business from gambling, another area of exclusion, Walsh said. The cash portfolio's mortgage book makes loans to community ...