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NSW develops first social impact investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... per year, the policy also commits to publishing social impact investment principles, publishing benchmark cost and outcomes data, delivering a social impact investment statement of opportunities, holding a series of social impact investment roundtables ...

ACSI sets goal of 30% women on ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... performance. We have been pleased with recent improvements on gender diversity, but these come from a very low base. Our data show that unless we see an accelerated number of women appointed to ASX 200 boards, further progress will be unacceptably slow," ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... courtesy of CDP) CDP's Supply chain sustainability revealed: a country comparison. CDP supply chain report 2014-15 collected data from 3,396 companies on behalf of 66 multinational purchasers that work with CDP on environmental risks and impacts to the ...

GRI creates two leadership groups for future discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... for society in the next 10 years and how they will affect business and disclosures, the role of new technologies and big data in reporting, how organisations can connect sustainability and value creation, and how businesses will communicate about sustainability ...

GRI launches Reporting 2025 initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Meehan, GRI chief executive. "This means that organizations must do more than merely produce a sustainability report. The data collected needs to empower informed decision-making, not just for management but also for other stakeholders. Reporting 2025 ...

ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental group, you want to be able to compare like for like. You want to say that Westpac is X and CBA is Y. There isn't enough data to say that you absolutely know that for sure - nobody discloses everything yet. On the basis of what is disclosed ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... and social factors as part of quantitative investment techniques in equity portfolios, with fund managers integrating ESG data to either screen out undesired stocks, or to create customised benchmarks that tilt away from companies with poorer ESG scores ...

Financial System Inquiry recommends on impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... the community sector, enable government to fund preventative social services with greater efficacy, and improve innovation, data collection and reporting." The FSI report's recommendation around private ancillary funds (PAFs) is one issue that the industry ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... not the case anymore that we can presume that ESG issues are not financial and not maternally financial," she said. "The data demonstrates that it is a myth that ESG involves underperformance, and responsible investment involves underperformance. Not ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... South Asia that invest in small and medium-sized businesses. The courses are taught by experienced practitioners using market data and case studies, the GIIN said. The GIIN is a non-profit organization that works to increase the scale and effectiveness ...