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FTSE launch carbon risk indices for Australia, Europe and Japan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... are seeking to incorporate carbon risks into investment strategy and were developed in conjunction with the Carbon Disclosure Project and ENDS Carbon, a provider of carbon performance benchmarking and ratings. "Institutional investors have demonstrated ...

WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The majority of ASX200 companies have "serious work" to do to meet gender diversity standards embodied in ASX Principle 3, according to a survey carried out by Women on Boards (WOB). WOB surveyed 82 ASX200 companies' public disclosures for its WOB Traffic ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has sent letters to the CEOs of 415 of the largest companies around the world, calling for cost-effective management and reductions of their carbon emissions. As part of the CDP's Carbon Action initiative, the letters ...

Proposed disclosure measures for corporate bonus clawbacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... bonuses based on that." The measure will bring a greater amount of transparency for shareholders and will provide greater disclosure around events that can be material to smaller listed companies' cashflow. "Once you get outside of the top 50 or 60 companies ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... facilitation payments are tightening, work is also being conducted to assist companies in developing frameworks for disclosure and management of risks in this area. "We're seeing some really strong moves in the governance space around this," Paterson ...

Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... and Zac Goldsmith, member of Parliament, as well as academics and representatives from NGOs. According to the Carbon Disclosure Project, the UK's collective financial exposure to "high carbon and environmentally unsustainable investments" could leave ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Group to propose a resolution that would have amended the corporate constitution of Woodside Petroleum Ltd to require disclosure of the company's assumptions of future carbon prices, oil prices, demand for oil and regulation of greenhouse gas emissions ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Although nine companies in the ASX50 are "well placed" in how they integrate non-financial information with financial disclosures in public documents, the majority of ASX50 companies have been assessed as being less than 50% integrated, according to ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... suppliers' rates of reducing greenhouse gas emission are lower than their corporate clients, according to a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) survey. "Companies are evolving the way they operate to better capitalize on the opportunities presented by carbon ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Regulators and other stakeholder are asking the AU$1.4tr superannuation fund industry to increase their disclosure of asset holdings. While the industry is responding to those calls, their proposals are tempered by the context of providing meaningful ...