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Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the initiative, including transitioning methodologies, establishing the legal owner of a project, and clarifying the standards for the additionality test key to qualifying for CFI approval. The CFI will implement certain national obligations under the ...

WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The majority of ASX200 companies have "serious work" to do to meet gender diversity standards embodied in ASX Principle 3, according to a survey carried out by Women on Boards (WOB). WOB surveyed 82 ASX200 companies' public disclosures for its WOB Traffic ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... industry in Australia and New Zealand in particular. "In Australia/NZ, there is a large managed funds business by world standards, and there is the fact that the [UN] PRI has had traction through particularly the industry funds movement, that in itself ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... ninth, well behind drivers such as strengthening brand, meeting community expectations, commitments to international standards/ frameworks, risk reduction and enhancing ability to attract and retain best employees and business partners. ACCSR's fifth ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... to this meeting." But Thomas said that Ethinvest had legal advice that suggested that their resolution did meet the standards under law. "Even though we had independent legal advice that our resolution conformed with corporations law, ANZ argued that ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... organisation's financial performance, and vice versa. There is a global push to create a framework for integrated reporting standards, with the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) steering a process that has included a discussion paper ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... provide opportunities to enhance private investment in emerging economies, and has been involved with the Climate Bonds Standards Board, developed by the UK-based Climate Bonds Initiative to establish a set of standards to assess debt issuances from ...

Global Reporting Initiative publishes events sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Manager at London 2012. "Our vision is to use the power of the Games to inspire lasting change. We want to set new standards and create a powerful knowledge legacy for more sustainable event management. GRI's Event Organizers Sector Supplement ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... EU markets, some companies have express concern about that." Edgerton also pointed to changes in corporate governance standards in Asia as another overseas trend to watch. "In the past 12 months, there has been a ramp up in corporate governance in Asia," ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Nine companies have begun testing a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) assessing operational and reputational risks associated with labour and human rights factors in corporate supply chains. The KPIs have been developed with the Fair Labor Association ...