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Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... companies report nothing, while only 26 companies overall are at what ACSI and the FSC consider "best practice" under their standards. "That makes it very difficult for investors and investment managers to integrate ESG into their investment models because ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... also said that the accountancy profession has a role to play in assessing statements in integrated reports once the standards are developed. "I think that it's going to be inevitable that the information is going to require assurance at some point," ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Furthermore, companies need to understand that voluntary disclosure frameworks can become the basis for mandatory reporting standards, said Kate Philips, a senior associate with Baker and McKenzie's environmental markets team. Philips pointed to the ...

Corporate sustainability a vehicle for value creation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and related reputational issues, or explaining why they are not reporting that information. The JSE in 2010 adopted standards requiring an if-not, why-not approach to integrated sustainability reporting. Hanks is a member of the Working Group of the ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... opposed when it comes to where these things are. There's just not a large consensus when it comes to issues around labour standards in developed countries. It's not just those issues within the same country, but actually there are very different conceptions ...

Women only 19% of superannuation fund trustee boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... then, when positions come up, they can put their hand up." See Also: WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... such as renewable energy projects that comply with both the eligibility criteria of the International Climate Bonds Standards scheme as well as best practices in compliance with the sukuk market. "There is an urgent need to mobilize finance for both ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the initiative, including transitioning methodologies, establishing the legal owner of a project, and clarifying the standards for the additionality test key to qualifying for CFI approval. The CFI will implement certain national obligations under the ...

WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The majority of ASX200 companies have "serious work" to do to meet gender diversity standards embodied in ASX Principle 3, according to a survey carried out by Women on Boards (WOB). WOB surveyed 82 ASX200 companies' public disclosures for its WOB Traffic ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... industry in Australia and New Zealand in particular. "In Australia/NZ, there is a large managed funds business by world standards, and there is the fact that the [UN] PRI has had traction through particularly the industry funds movement, that in itself ...

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Podcast: From silos to synergy

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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

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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

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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

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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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