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British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... recommended that the British government adopt a climate change reporting framework developed by the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), a project of CDP. CDSB has been developing its climate change reporting framework with the support of the UK ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... investors and pushing on the issuance side." The lack of issuance and liquidity are two issues, and a third is a set of standards. The Climate Bonds Initiative has launched a set of standards for verifying green bonds' credentials, Mercer notes. Despite ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... diversity of the board as well." ASX-listed companies will now have to report on their progress on meeting gender diversity standards in the revised ASX Principle 3 of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. ASX-listed companies ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... around to pay you back. Just from a common sense view of it, governments that look after their people and have high standards in governance, high standards in environmental issues and high standards in social and sustainability issues, they're not likely ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... four areas covered under the Global Compact's principles, companies are taking action on the environment and on labour standards at the highest rates. Anti-corruption efforts have increased steadily for two consecutive years, but human rights action ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets and the Carbon Disclosure Project, has developed the International Standards and Certification Scheme for Climate Bonds, which is aimed at facilitate the development and use of climate bonds through a ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... disclosed 86% and 90% of the time respectively across all sectors. The least widely protected labour and human rights standards are those for child labour and forced labour, achieving average disclosure of 14% and 13% respectively. Many companies did ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... companies within the sector, Carlsson-Sweeny said. In particular, the AMP Capital report highlighted a poor focus on ethical standards and codes of conduct for staff among listed media companies. The lack of ethical codes can result in financial impacts ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... develop one page reports on the ESG risks and opportunities of 240-270 ASX-listed stocks that potentially meet the firm's standards for investment. Thus far, about 15 reports have been written and the analysts have started using those reports, said Pablo ...

QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... set out to find the most environmentally sound manger per se - we set out to find a manager who does something to our standards. If the operator doesn't have the right environmental standards, they're out.... We don't accept manager that cut into old ...