Category Archive for "Reporting" | Getting to Sustainability

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January

GRI convenes Technology Consortium to unlock power of sustainability data

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21 December 2015: GRI, architect of the world’s sustainability data is convening a new technology consortium to spur on innovations that will foster more inclusive and sustainable economies and businesses. Over the course of next year and beyond, GRI will convene a conversation, among prominent representatives.

15
July

GRI strategy to empower sustainable decisions

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9 June 2015, Amsterdam. GRI, pioneer of the sustainability reporting process, has unveiled plans to expand its scope to catalyze the next era of sustainability reporting. These plans include a focus on four strategic priorities as well as a new brand to support this strategy. GRI already provides the world’s most trusted and widely used.

1
May

Sustainability disclosure – 1 in 3 companies not getting the message

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30 April 2015: 33 % of S&P/ASX200 companies still rate in the two lowest categories of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors’ annual review of sustainability disclosure. ACSI’s sustainability disclosure research, now in its eighth year with this 2015 report, assesses the level of public.

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August

EY acquires Net Balance to form the biggest sustainability practice in Australia

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27 August 2014: Net Balance has announced that it is joining EY’s climate change and sustainability services group. The result will see the combined team become the biggest sustainability practice in Australia working with clients across the public, private and not for profit sectors. [caption id="attachment_3306" align="alignright".

1
July

ESG reporting – the next evolution of investment in sustainability

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As of 1 July 2014, the Australian Stock Exchange expects listed companies to report on their ESG risks - environmental and social governance. The following is a speech by Green Building Council of Australia chief executive Romilly Madew on environmental, social and corporate governance, which was presented to the August IPD breakfast series in Sydney.

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March

SBA & GRI Australia welcomes new ASX sustainability disclosure provisions

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Sustainable Business Australia and the Global Reporting Initiative welcome the introduction of a new provision for ASX listed companies to identify their environmental, social and economic risks. On 27 March 2014, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) released its revised Corporate Governance Guidelines, which include a new recommendation under Principle 7: Recognise and Manage Risk. The new.

15
January

2014 Top 100 Thought Leaders for trustworthy business and corporate responsibility

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January 14, 2014: Trust Across America-Trust Around the World (TAA-TWA), global leaders in organisational trust, has selected 2014's Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business. These experts are helping to transform the way organisations do business towards greater corporate responsibility on environmental and social.

9
January

Top companies show large rise in Corporate Responsibility Reporting

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January 2014: Australia’s top 100 companies show a significant rise in the number of companies undertaking corporate responsibility reporting. A study of Australia’s top 100 companies has shown a significant rise in the number of companies reporting on corporate responsibility (CR). The trend is especially.

20
December

Integrated Reporting framework released with business & investor support

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The release of the International IR Framework Cover International Integrated Reporting Framework on Monday 9 December 2013, marks an important milestone in the market-led evolution of corporate reporting. It follows a three-month global consultation led by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) earlier this year, which.

16
October

Mixed result on sustainability reporting, but ASX proposes greater ESG disclosure

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By Carol A Adams, Monash University Investors are increasingly interested in how companies manage non-financial — environmental and social — risks. And there is still substantial room for improvement. The recent Sustainability Reporting: Practices, Performance and Potential report compared the top 40 companies by size in Australia, Hong Kong and the UK, and found.

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