Search Results

Showing 1111 - 1120 of 1126 results for "policy"

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... important because it gives the accountability and transparency that we're looking for in this area," said Mark Shying, senior policy adviser in external reporting at CPA Australia. "The beauty of the water accounting standards is that they're being developed ...

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... templates are provided by professional advisors such as law firms. This boilerplate discussion, often used for remuneration policy or how fixed pay levels are set, is of minimal use to shareholders and simply adds to the length of reports without providing ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... portfolios, it does use ANZ as its banker, and as such, reviews their sustainability disclosures as part of their supply policy, Walsh said. "We look at them in terms of our ethical supply policy," he said. "What we ask of our suppliers is that their ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... significant growth in the medium term, but whether they invest their money in Australian projects is highly dependent on policy implementation, particularly around the creation of price on carbon emissions and a trading scheme. "Pacific Hydro is on track ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... ACSI governance advice, inquiring how the fund's investment managers will vote and considering the fund's internal voting policy, she explained. The Climate Advocacy Shareholder Group put submitted similar proposals to three other companies this reporting ...

ANZ reviewing "sensitive sector" policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... include stakeholder consultation and take place throughout 2011," the bank said. "It aims to deliver consolidated, concise policy documents that are user-friendly and provide effective guidance to relationship managers and risk officers across our business." ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Business, SOMO, Calvert Investments, and IDEARSE. The Australian Stock Exchange has not yet adopted a report or explain policy for ESG reporting. ESG reporting is introduced via Principle 7 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance ...

Nominations open for GRI's Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative is calling for nominations for member to the 2012-2014 Stakeholder Council, its policy forum. There are 50 members to the Stakeholder Council, drawn from business, mediating institutions, and civil society organisations ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... materiality, decent conditions of work, secure employment, commitment and adherence to local and international standards, OHS policy and management, and responsibilities to workforce of sub-contractors and business partners. Banarra assigned evaluations ...

GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... issues." The new standards do have impact on current sustainability reporting for Australian companies, said John Purcell, policy advisor, corporate regulation at CPA Australia. "It is relevant to specific areas of Australian industry, such as some of ...