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PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... with the launch of this new Framework, which will enable institutional investors to demonstrate how they are embedding material ESG factors into their processes and working to strengthen the governance of companies and the market as a whole." The reporting ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... assets and water liabilities, and a statement of changes in water assets and water liabilities. WASB said in explanatory material that AWAS can be used by water users, investors in water dependent enterprises and related parties "such as lenders, creditors ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are material to sovereign creditworthiness and investment performance, according to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has released a discussion paper exploring the link between ESG ...

GNDI comments on proposed Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... framework. "Directors believe corporate reporting should result in concise, simple and focused reports that identify the material business risks that an entity faces, how that entity manages those risks and how they determine their success in managing ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative has released proposed eligibility criteria for solar assets under the Climate Bond Standard and Certification Scheme. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO The criteria specifies the amount of non-solar fuel back-up, or hybridization ...

Deutsche Borse joins Integrated Reporting pilot programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Programme tests the IIRC's Integrated Reporting (IR) framework, which provides organisations with guidance on how to present material financial and non-financial information about strategy, governance, performance and prospects. Participants in the Pilot ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
An increasing number of asset owners see climate change as a material risk and have maintained or strengthened their commitments to addressing climate change in investment activities, according to the results of a global survey of investment practices. ...

New Forests, CEFC agreement on bioenergy, biofuel finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... located in Tasmania and South Australia. "This is an opportunity to diversify Australian markets for timber, turn waste material into energy, and create new jobs and investment in rural Australia," said David Brand, New Forests' managing director, in ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... activities such as government agencies and ministers writing to businesses to encourage them to adopt stronger reporting of material sustainability issues, Adams said. "You can have government agencies that make it their job to encourage organisations ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... that use the GRI guidelines to provide disclosures and indicators on economic, environmental and social impacts that are material to their business. "There has clearly been a shift in the discussion," he said. "It is no longer only about how sustainability ...