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GRI backs sustainability accounting initiative
05 August 2010A joint body "to create a globally accepted framework for accounting for sustainability" has been launched by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S).
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Climate Institute plans 'asset owners disclosure project'
22 July 2010Following in the footsteps of the Carbon Disclosure Project, the climate change disclosure spotlight is set to be shone on the world's 1,000 largest asset owners.
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Equipment, training focus in Exxon spill performance
10 June 2010ExxonMobil plans to target training, inspection and equipment reliability issues to improve its record on spills, the oil giant said in its 2009 corporate citizenship report.
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Dirty money
10 May 2010Waste management companies have been slow to expand into new markets – offering opportunities for investors with access to capital, says Nicholas de Mestre
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Investors, companies speaking different languages on ESG issues
29 April 2010Industry sectors need to agree standardised environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics as a vital first step in addressing "communication gaps" between investors and companies on ESG issues, according to a UN report.
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Barclays blows carbon, energy targets
22 April 2010Barclays is set to miss by a wide margin its three-year internal carbon and energy reduction targets, after acquisitions and divestments meant it was adrift from its 2009 per head emissions goal by 33 percentage points.
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Vodafone tops sustainability reporting poll
22 April 2010Vodafone Group has won the 'best report' category in this year's CR Reporting Awards for the third year in a row. The telecoms company, a staple of sustainable equity indexes, polled around 100 votes more than the runner-up, BP.
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Green products account for one-third of Philips' sales
08 April 2010'Green' products generated €7.1 billion ($9.4 billion), or 31% of total sales, for Dutch electronics giant Philips last year.
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Why investors should look for carbon assurance
01 April 2010Large listed companies are not providing sufficiently credible carbon data. Investors should look at assurance more closely, say Esther Rodriguez and Elizabeth Mattiuzzi
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Championing sustainability reporting
01 April 2010Poor ESG disclosure is proving a drag on responsible investment into emerging markets. Lauren Compere, Mike Lombardo and Peter DeSimone explain how an investor initiative is aiming to improve reporting