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APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... to see more emphasis on disclosure around climate risk exposure and management," he said. APRA has liaised with international peers to make sure the supervisory response to climate risk is aligned with global best practice. Summerhayes noted that he ...

Experts discuss impact of Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... "broader approach to prudential risk management and supervision." Australia is being impacted by both domestic and international developments that are guiding the legal views of what fiduciary responsibilities company directors have in disclosure climate ...

Mirvac Sydney HQ receives WELL certification for health and wellbeing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
Mirvac's Sydney headquarters has received a GOLD certification from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the first WELL certification in Australia. Paul Edwards, group, general manager of workplace experiences, Mirvac The building, at EY ...

GRI Global Sustainability Standards Board appoints chair, new members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... board members, including Robyn Leeson of STR Consulting in Australia. Judy Kuszewski, chief executive of Suncroft International, is the new chair of the GSSB. Kuszewski has around 25 years' expertise in corporate accountability and transparency, stakeholder ...

Monash University issues world-first certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... assessment [accreditation] from Moody's Investor Services. Institutional investors in the bond are Australian and international "As truly international university, Monash has a responsibility to provide strong and visionary leadership on sustainable ...

WBCSD, CDSB, Ecodesk create Reporting Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... companies as the platform helps them understand the laws and requirements of the country they operate in as well as international requirements. The feedback of the companies which took part in the pilot phase was directly taken into account and used ...

ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... business," she said. "It hasn't been very strongly on the radar. Australian biz has always assumed this is something for international supply chains. That's not the case - we've seen a lot of focus on domestic breaches of human rights - particularly ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... like human rights issues is on the agenda for superannuation funds, and flags the use of normative standards and international treaties and conventions as means to assess companies' risks as subjects for engagement and further action such as divestment. ...

GRI defines four strategic goals to expand scope

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability reporting and disclosure. "For more than a decade, GRI has engaged with governments, capital markets and international organizations, who increasingly look to us for guidance on sustainability policy," said Teresa Fogelberg, GRI's deputy ...

Materiality reviews a source of strategic value: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... is central to sustainability standards and guideline, such as the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 framework, the International Integrated Reporting Council, and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. The paper is aimed at those organisations ...