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Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... 2017, and has lent AU$650 million of that sum so far. As part of that, the bank has also established credit underwriting standards for the social and affordable housing sector. "I'm really excited about the social and affordable housing initiative," ...

GRI makes appointments to Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... important time for investors to be heard as a growing number of companies look to integrate GRI sustainability reporting standards into integrated reporting," Wood said. "With over three quarters of the 4000 largest companies in the world already using ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... charged with developing an investment policy that had to cover as part of it "ethical investment, including policies, standards, or procedures for avoiding prejudice to New Zealand's reputation as a responsible member of the world community," according ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... accusations of greenwash. Organisations that are taking environmental responsibility seriously should uphold the highest standards of clarity and transparency." Walton noted that CBA clearly identified the 3,500 t(CO 2 -e) in the bank's sustainability ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... important time for investors to be heard as a growing number of companies look to integrate GRI sustainability reporting standards into integrated reporting," Wood said in a statement. "With over three quarters of the 4000 largest companies in the world ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... its clients attach to SRI. Through our efforts I look forward to contributing to the development of the principles and standards of corporate responsibility." Standard Life Investments is headquartered in Edinburgh, and maintains offices in Sydney as ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... is initially intended for governmental use, accounting professionals say that it could be used to develop accounting standards for corporate use as well. Dr Joanne Tingey-Holyoak, researcher, Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability (CAGS) ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the model being used in the corporate sector," Kidney said. "For that market, however, stringent green or climate bond standards will be of paramount importance. For investor demand to remain high there has to be trust in the green credentials of the ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Multinational Enterprises, "making it easier for organizations to understand the synergies and complementarities in these standards, and use them in conjunction with one another." At the conference, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon launched three new ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Publish What You Pay Australia will press its case to the new federal government for the adoption of mandatory disclosure standards for companies in the mining and extractive industry. This week, Prime Minister Tony Abbott named the ministers who will ...