Corporate Strategy

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.

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 ...

Community 21 launches share offer to raise up to AU$4m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Community 21, the financial services organisation that jointly owns Community Sector Banking with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, is seeking to raise up to AU$4 million in a share offering open to non-profits.

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Companies paid a premium of more than AU$170 million for underwriting of rights issues between 2010 and 2012, according to research conducted by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI).

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.

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Co-operatives and mutuals offer an alternative "third way" to complement for-profit and not-for-profit business models for delivery of public services, according to a green paper aiming to stimulate discussion on how the sector can provide innovative ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Progress in integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Australia has been too little and too slow, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR).

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Tax and transparency reforms should be a priority for Australia in its presidency of the G20 because there is a strong link between base erosion and profit sharing (BEPS) and the G20's objective to promote development, according to Oxfam Australia and ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
One hundred of the world's largest companies 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.

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Westpac has revealed progress on its sustainability strategy and is conducting a review of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk framework, a biennial process that is considered a "refresh", said Siobhan Toohill, head of group sustainability ...