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CDP signs agreements with SASB, GRI to further standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
CDP has signed separate agreements to partner with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) with the intention of improving corporate reporting of climate change and sustainability issues. SASB is ...

Natural Capital Declaration starts implementation phase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The Natural Capital Declaration (NCD) has started the next phase of its plan in which the financial institution signatories implement the initiatives' commitments. NCD is a global initiative that affirms the importance of natural capital in maintaining ...

IIRC CEO favours market-led adoption of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The chief executive officer of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) says market-led adoption of the Integrated Reporting (IR) framework, not mandatory compliance, will lead to better corporate reporting. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO Paul ...

CA Technologies: increased focus on IT energy consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
IT services provider CA Technologies says there is increased consumer demand for companies to manage IT energy consumption and carbon emissions, driving increased uptake of their enterprise software products, and impacting CA Technologies' sustainability ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... catalyst. You also have large international finance companies and legal practices that are demanding five and six star office premises - there is an economic incentive for those companies to improve their commitment to sustainability. You are also seeing ...

Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Many major Australian companies have made commitments to convert to using sustainable palm oil, but fulfilling those commitments requires "significant work", according to a report from WWF-Australia and the Australian Food & Grocery Council (AFGC). ...

Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
As Net Balance and ECO-Buy continue the process of integration brought on by their merger four months ago, Net Balance reports that they are exploring ways to offer services that match the supply chain to environmental capacities. Cameron Neil "It's ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) will this year create a global responsible investment committee (GRIC) and an ESG risks committee to assess ESG risk exposures across asset classes. GRIC will be chaired by CEO Mark Lazberger, CFSGAM ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Most large Australian companies are struggling to find strategic responses to climate change adaptation challenges, "apparently paralysed by short-term profit first thinking, uncertain political risks and a corporate culture unused to volatility and ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... including the Centre for Impact Investing at MaRS in Canada, GIIN, the Centre of Excellence established by the UK Cabinet Office, the White House Office for Social Innovation and Civic Participation, and the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative. "It ...