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Countries join to push sustainability reporting post Rio+20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The governments of Brazil, Denmark, France and South Africa have joined in an initiative to commit to corporate sustainability reporting, in support of paragraph 47 of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development's outcome document. The four governments ...

AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... head of ESG research. Andrews has worked at consultants KPMG and PwC in the area of sustainability in Australia and South Africa. He has also worked as an environmental consultant in South Africa and Mozambique, primarily in the mining and energy sectors. ...

Corporate sustainability a vehicle for value creation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and advocacy group that advises South African companies. He has more than 20 years' experience in sustainability. South Africa provides a model and a case study to how companies approach sustainability reporting. Companies listed on Johannesburg Stock ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  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. As part of the study, Mercer outlined a framework for analyzing climate-related investment risks and opportunities. ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps? Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... provide CR reporting. In comparison, 83% of US companies do CR reporting, 100% of UK companies provide CR reporting, South Africa, which recently instituted a "report or explain" policy for companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, saw 97% ...

MSCI to collaborate on Access to Nutrition Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... spotlight indices that assess ten of the largest food and beverage companies by revenue operating in India, Mexico and South Africa. The ATNI rating methodology evaluates companies' strategies and policies around nutrition as well as their performance ...

Integrated reporting discussion paper released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... International Integrated Reporting Committee seeks pilot test participants Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

Women make strides in recent board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the same ASIC figures, with 10% of directors born in the UK, 3% born in New Zealand, 2.8% from the US and 2.2% from South Africa, with the remaining 15% from more than 100 other countries. See Also: Board capacity a key governance concern Finsia drafts ...

ACSI CEO elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the Government Pension Fund of Thailand, John Oliphant, investment head at the Government Employers Pension Fund of South Africa and Rene Sanda, chief investment officer at Caixa de Previdencia dos Funcionarios do Banco do Brasil (PREVI) were automatically ...