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European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... deputy chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative. "In recent years countries like India, China, Brazil, South Africa and the US have pioneered a number of innovative policies on sustainability disclosure. This proposal is an opportunity for ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Marshall both spoke to initiatives addressing employee health - Chapman of Xtrata, which has mining operations in South Africa, pointed to an HIV/AIDS health initiative. Chapman said that when Xtrata began operating in South Africa ten years ago, one ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. But the report also noted that the Asian region has investment opportunities with developments in low carbon ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. "There are particular implications in Australia," Poulter said. "It is a resource intensive economy, our superannuation ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... partnership of nine corporate director organisations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Colvin was unanimously elected, with Stan Magidson, president and CEO of the Institute ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Government Super (LGS) was ranked the top institutional asset onwer for its transparency and management plan, with South Africa's Government Employees Pension Fund second, CareSuper third, the Dutch Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) fourth ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Africa across asset classes. The project will be coordinated by teams based in Mauritius, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, South Africa, USA and the UK. Project partners include the Government Employees Pension Fund of South Africa, Investec Asset Management ...

Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... contextual story. The KPMG report examined the experience of applying integrated reporting through the experience of South Africa, which since March 2010 has required companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) file integrated reports or ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability disclosures had slowed relative to other countries. Atkin noted that five years ago, around 45% of both South Africa and Australian listed companies published sustainability reports. Last year, South African companies listed on the Johannesburg ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... their water management. One of the benefits of this that has been reported to WASB, and that water authorities in South Africa and Spain have reported is that those organisations that have piloted aspects of water accounting have found it useful in managing ...