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Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... ninth, well behind drivers such as strengthening brand, meeting community expectations, commitments to international standards/ frameworks, risk reduction and enhancing ability to attract and retain best employees and business partners. ACCSR's fifth ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... to this meeting." But Thomas said that Ethinvest had legal advice that suggested that their resolution did meet the standards under law. "Even though we had independent legal advice that our resolution conformed with corporations law, ANZ argued that ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... organisation's financial performance, and vice versa. There is a global push to create a framework for integrated reporting standards, with the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) steering a process that has included a discussion paper ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... provide opportunities to enhance private investment in emerging economies, and has been involved with the Climate Bonds Standards Board, developed by the UK-based Climate Bonds Initiative to establish a set of standards to assess debt issuances from ...

Global Reporting Initiative publishes events sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Manager at London 2012. "Our vision is to use the power of the Games to inspire lasting change. We want to set new standards and create a powerful knowledge legacy for more sustainable event management. GRI's Event Organizers Sector Supplement ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... EU markets, some companies have express concern about that." Edgerton also pointed to changes in corporate governance standards in Asia as another overseas trend to watch. "In the past 12 months, there has been a ramp up in corporate governance in Asia," ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Nine companies have begun testing a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) assessing operational and reputational risks associated with labour and human rights factors in corporate supply chains. The KPIs have been developed with the Fair Labor Association ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... doubt that there is certainly an increasing expectation from fund members and investors in higher compliance to ESG standards and requirements.The first thing that we'd like is for companies to adopt is our guide because at the very least, the guide ...

GRI establishing working groups for G4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... of people and systems, and that good performance isn't happenstance. " GRI started the process of developing the G4 standards in May 2011 and G4 will officially be launched in May 2013. In 2011, GRI published G3.1, an interim update that included additional ...

Integrated Reporting to generate value, costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... costly initiative in the short-term when balanced with the existing regulatory requirements." Both bodies agreed that the standards are equally applicable to large as to medium and small entities, as well as to the public sector and not-for-profit organisations. ...

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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

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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