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R. M. Williams Agricultural Holdings to fund NT property conservation with carbon rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... and fund it with carbon rights. It will feed directly into the government's carbon farming initiative and carbon pricing policy." In a statement, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Mark Dreyfus welcomed the project to rehabilitate ...

AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... proud of these achievements and are committed to leading the industry in this space," said Tim Nelson, head of economic policy and sustainability at AGL. "When we think about sustainability, we don't just think about the environment; we also think about ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... composition of Australia's boards, selection practices and the advantages inherent in diversity. Author Anthea McIntyre, senior policy advisor and legal counsel at AICD, talks to The Sustainability Report. Q: What is the correlation between board diversity ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... expectations" said Ann Byrne, ACSI Chief Executive Officer. In the governance guidelines, ACSI urge companies to disclose ESG policy and strategy within annual reports, with clear identification of ESG risks specific to the company and mitigation intentions ...

Women make strides in recent board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... ongoing career development of women in management." The Australian Stock Exchange in 2011 adopted a "comply or explain" policy, asking companies to either increase the diversity of the boards of ASX-listed companies, or explain why not. The policy has ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... what a company can provide us are KPIs. IF we only focus on the KPIs, it's a very poor result. That's why we also include policy questions as well, to know what the organisation's policy is." The survey does go into the supply chain, in terms of asking ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... to implement its carbon tax regime. The Clean Energy Legislative Package is seen as a "faithful" implementation of the policy articulated on 10 July by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. But one legal expert said that the legislative package doesn't answer ...

Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... account when considering the appointment or re-election of new directors," said McKay. "We also directed them to VFMC's policy to see what our views are on capacity. Those responses have started coming back in. It's another issue that's going to play ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... producers who export live cattle to ensure standards, said Lisa Chalk, communications manager at the RSPCA. "The RSPCA's policy has always been one of opposition to live export," she said. "In saying that, our position in the last 30 years has been to ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia. The bank also outlined progress and future actions on labour, pointing to materials within the human rights policy and commitments to "ensure fair and safe working conditions, eliminate discrimination and harassment, improve employee engagement ...