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CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... origin, specifying third-party certified commodities where available, setting targets for 100% third-party certified material/alternative solutions for deforestation, engaging with supply chain to build capacity, engaging with customers to create demand ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
bankmecu's corporate reporting and annual general meetings have become more integrated and forward looking as a result of the bank's use of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)'s draft guidelines to produce integrated annual reports ...

GRI launches 2013 taxonomy, online G4 support tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched the GRI Taxonomy 2013 and G4 Online, a web-based tool to support organisations preparing sustainability reports to the G4 standard. The GRI Taxonomy 2013 enables organisations to produce digital sustainability ...

ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The 21 companies of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) have agreed to prepare their sustainability report to the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G4 guidelines. The requirement to report to the core option of the G4 guidelines ...

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Companies see water as a substantive risk to their business, but they are focusing on "misguided" approaches to water-related risk management, according to the CDP Global Water Report 2013. The report is based on data given to CDP by 180 companies listed ...

IIRC asks investors to critique pilot integrated reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... satisfied with reports' conciseness and completeness, but said that reports could also be made more concise by focusing on material issues, using plain language to condense explanations, using diagrams and summary tables to convey certain points more ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... labour, health and safety, environment and business ethics. Buyers that use Sedex access targeted, verified information on material risks while reducing duplication of effort in supplier questionnaires and audits. "We were set up in 2004 by a group of ...

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 ...