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CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
CPA Australia has published a guide designed to accountants' capacity to provide assurance on sustainability reports for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). Amir Ghandar The report, A Guide for Assurance on SME Sustainability Reports, is a practitioners' ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... demonstrate actions regarding emissions in the supply chain. Now in its second year, CDP Carbon Action expanded its engagement campaign to 415 companies, double the 2011 level. The analysis from companies that responded shows that carbon reduction activities ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... a motion demanding retailer Woolworths Limited to put $1 maximum bet limits on the poker machines they operate, but engagement advisers and active institutional investors say they do not believe the issue is dead and that institutional investors should ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... and advisers such as Regnan to discuss issues such as executive remuneration. She attributed some of the increased engagement to the impact of the two-strikes rule, under which shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... an AU$3.45 dividend per share, also up 4%. In the 2011/2012 financial year, Commonwealth Bank performed an employee engagement survey, with a result of 80%, which the bank said puts in within the top quartile of the global banking industry. However ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... countries and companies does increase the exposure to issues like human rights abuses and other social issues, making engagement around human rights issues and pressure for improved disclosure and improved practices important. Duncan cited 2011 research ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... although each business has relevant internal targets that reflect its business operations and plans." See Also: Wesfarmers engagement leads to phosphate sourcing change

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Within those specific issues, local community impacts ranked highly as material issues, including better community engagement, the desire for more locally focused information and the economic impact of operations. "We already knew that different types ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... changes to supply by Wesfarmers is one example of the fund's role as an active investor. The majority of the fund's engagement with Australian companies has taken the form of written and verbal requests for greater transparency around overseas operations ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the fund's 320 members. Members' ethical concerns can be added to the fund's screens, rather than used as a basis for engagement with companies, which Coates views with some scepticism. "What we've tried to do with all members is to have them talk directly ...