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ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... example, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released Regulatory Guide 247 (RG 247), Effective disclosure in an operating and financial review, opening further opportunities for transparency around environmental and social issues ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... women in leadership roles, lending to cleantech and environmental services of AU$8 billion and new commitments around disclosure of carbon emissions as part of its 2014 sustainability report. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The group reported a 12% increase ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... insecurity. CDP sent the questionnaires at the request of 573 institutional investors with US$60 trillion in assets. Disclosure levels of the Global 500 has "stagnated" from 2013 to 2014, and 42% requested to disclose information on their water risks ...

CDSB publishes final draft of expanded framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has released the final draft of its expanded reporting framework. The new CDSB framework will be launched in March 2015. This second, draft version of the standard incorporates comment provided to the initial ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last year released Regulatory Guide 247 (RG 247), Effective disclosure in an operating and financial review, a guidance for directors to provide "useful and meaningful information" when preparing ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... CDP 2014 ASX 200 Climate Leadership Awards. Challenger was recognised for best Best year on year change in climate disclosure with a 49 point increase in its climate disclosure score from CDP2013 to CDP2014. Amcor and Commonwealth Bank of Australia were ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... of their statutory reporting to regulatory bodies and to the Victorian state government, Simpson said. "It meets our disclosure requirements," she said. "It has some technical information in there that we have to include in our report as far as the [Australian ...

Bloomberg named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... according to the declaration. NCD signatories are integrating natural capital considerations into financial accounting, disclosure and reporting. National Australia Bank is one of the founding signatories. NCD is convened by the The Global Canopy Programme ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
It is possible for institutional investors to reduce their portfolio carbon exposures without drastically increasing tracking error or reducing investment returns, according to MSCI. executive director, global head of ESG research, MSCI MSCI has recently ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... as examples where institutional investors have outgrown individual investors and there are "strong requirements for disclosure and for boards and management to be held accountable to shareholders." Alternatively, AMP Capital highlighted Germany, Japan ...