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AusLSA to provide access to environmental measurement tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... report we will encourage more members to report, thus increasing the transparency and accountability of the environmental impacts of the legal sector," Wilson said. "Rather than using static spreadsheets the online portal is live and will be regularly ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... struggling to catch up with digital technology. "There is a clear understanding that the negative social and environmental impacts of business will create a feedback loop in the longer-term (and with the escalation of instant digital communication) even ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental issues that have been identified as material to the business. "The business case for reducing GPT's environmental impacts is clear," GPT said in its annual review. "If GPT had continued to consume energy, water and resources at the same ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... focus on the introduction of the carbon pricing regime as a high priority. Reducing or eliminating negative environmental impacts on business was named a high priority by 27% of respondents, with 23% ranking it a very high priority. "Working to combat ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... economy away from carbon intensity." The fund also analysed the impact of climate change-related policies and environmental impacts for their top 20 property assets. "Our top 20 property assets are all in Australia and are a mix of commercial and retail ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... A-REIT at 17.2%. The healthcare sector scored the worst. The report noted that disclosures of social and environmental impacts by ASX100 companies are, in general, poorer than results of similar studies into corporate governance disclosures, stakeholder ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... that pool of borrowers living in emerging markets, with an overarching goal of achieving broader social and environmental impacts. "The idea of it is to create a positive impact beyond the financial return," Birgden said. "That means to improve the lives ...

Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an edge"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... still lag. "We find that the environmental side is easier to encapsulate than the social side because the environmental impacts are tangible," Goodland said. "You have a price on carbon and the general financial impacts are becoming clearer. But social ...

PUMA's environmental P&L reporting: a model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... helping a company understand where they are with the solution." The EP&L account shows that the biggest environmental impacts happen not within PUMA's operations, but with its Tier 4 suppliers - where raw materials are derived from natural resources. ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... introducing MSCI ESG Impact Monitor, a product that allows investors to analyse a company's significant social and environmental impacts and the company's ability to manage those impacts. Included are assessments of major ESG controversies and violations ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

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The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

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While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

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Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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