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Quantifying intangible assets to manage, drive company value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... weight and dollar value to things that have always been subjective." In the Australian context, providing measurement and reporting around intangible assets such as sustainability and ESG takes on a new meaning. The ASX Corporate Governance Council's ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... both participated in this year's report, as they did last year. This is CDP's fourth cities report. Of those 207 cities reporting this year, 76% report that climate change could impact business. Cities are aligned with their businesses in recognising ...

Global Reporting Initiative hires chief of staff

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
​​​The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has created the new position of chief of staff and hired Tuulia Syvanen for the role. As chief of staff, Syvanen will coordinate strategy development and monitoring and ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Although 85% of ASX200 companies provide some level of reporting on sustainability factors, more than 40% of those companies still rate in the bottom two categories of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)'s annual review of sustainability ...

PRI signatory assets top US$45 trillion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... investment activity ever collected by the PRI," said Fiona Reynolds, PRI managing director. "The closure of the first reporting round under our new framework saw more than 800 investors disclose how they are implementing the PRI's six principles across ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is reorganising its governing bodies to strengthen its role as a standard setter for sustainability reporting. The changes will result GRI separating out its advocacy work from the standards-setting work and lead ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... and their financial performance. The Climate Bonds Standard for Green Buildings through its standardized measurement, reporting and verification procedure, provides investors with a more accurate understanding of the investment risks for energy efficient ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... CSR - I'm using that term very broadly- despite the fact that we have well established institutions such as the Global Reporting Initiative and the UN Global Compact, practitioners at the coal face are frustrated with the slow pace of change, the lack ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... made investments in social programs valued at US$12.2 billion in 2013, but less than a third of those companies are reporting on the impact of those investments, according to a new global report by KPMG International. Chi Woo, KPMG Australia partner ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "It's interesting because [the regulatory guide] extends the interpretation of the Corporations Act in terms of reporting by corporations and looking around risk," Chioatto said. "It extends the way in which the corporation sets out the risks ...