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Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... currently does not have the power under the Corporations Act to enable fully virtual AGMs, Armour noted "The federal government should prioritise legislative reform to enable virtual AGMs given it is not yet known how long current public health restrictions ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Victoria. Rendering of Younghusband Woolstores development (Image provided by Impact Investment Group) The Federal Government Department of Agriculture, Water & the Environment (DAWE), and ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects have signed on as tenants, which ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Klingberg - Director and Practice Lead: Energy and Utilities at Capgemini Australia. "On the one hand, we have the federal government saying that it is possible for Australia to meet its Paris Agreement commitments, on the other hand we have a number ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... through the Coca Cola Foundation, and it's a program that really is a gold standard of what a corporate, NGO and federal government funding partnership could look like in terms of business and NGOs working together to seek real, sustainable changes," ...

Impact Investing Australia to administer $7m Australian government fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
The federal government has selected Impact Investing Australia (IIA) as the administrator of the $7 million Australian Government Sector Readiness Fund (SRF) to enable social enterprises to grow their impact. IIA, a not-for-profit organisation supporting ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... building a new immigration detention centre in Conroe, Texas," Habibi said. "The way the model works is that the federal government isn't paying for the construction; they've paid the contract to Geo Group for beds for at least 10 years." Habibi said ...

Future of mobility requires key action by business, policy makers: SBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... to make sure there isn't a digital divide between urban and rural areas. "As we begin to talk to state and federal government about key recommendations, the urban narrative is in one sense a subset of what you can take and deliver into rural and remote ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
The federal government says there are no legislative barriers preventing the full adoption of the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in corporate reporting. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... Converters and Money3 in 2015. The engagement with companies and with government has yielded positive outcomes. Federal government is expected to promulgate legislation to tighten standards around leasing/lending to vulnerable Australians. "It's important ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... credits to the Australian government via the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). David Brand, New Forests CEO The federal government recently approved a plantation forestry method under the ERF which allows for the recognition of carbon sequestration in ...