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GRI developing oil and gas sector reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... governance bodies will review the content and the development process to make sure it complies with GRI's due process standards and quality expectations. Separately, GRI's released statistics for 2010 that show more sustainability reports overall and ...

Global Reporting Initiative launch process for new standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... Related: Global push for "report or explain" on ESG Nominations open for GRI's Stakeholder Council GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... and related reputational issues, or explaining why they are not reporting that information. The JSE last year adopted standards requiring an if-not, why-not approach to integrated ESG reporting, and the discussion period for a guidance report on developing ...

Westpac targets 40 percent women in senior management by 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... is also focusing on driving diversity down the supply chain. "It's important to us that our suppliers share the same standards of sustainable business practices and continuous improvement as we do," the bank said. "We screen our suppliers before we engage ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... stakeholders and how do we include them?" Banarra compared the reporting on offer to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards - the most commonly accepted guidelines around sustainability reporting. Many of the companies analysed profess to use ...

GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... practices. Compliance with GRI 3.1 is optional for companies that are already using GRI's 3.0 guidance, however when the new standards are promulgated in 2013, reporters will have two years to move to the new standards. GRI is also launching guidance ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... information reported. Sustainability reporting has been hampered by a number of factors, including a lack of broadly used standards and the impact of the global financial crisis, which impacted on time and money that managers could devote to implementing ...

MSCI developing global Socially Responsible Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... index related needs of investors who seek to invest in accordance with their values such as religious beliefs, moral standards or ethical views," according to the firm. The proposed indices would target companies with high Environmental, Social and Governance ...