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Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... they are issues, particularly for companies operating in Africa. We want an understanding of how they're training their people on the ground, training their suppliers, and engaging with the issues." The companies that Bennett highlights are companies ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... supermarkets and Mitre 10 Hardware Stores that it wholesales to - but rather they are owned and operated by local business people). This commitment to local communities is reinforced through IGA's Community Chest charitable work that has donated over ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... also interrelated with other risks, such as the impact of cyclones, flooding and fire. "Infrastructure is playing out in people's mind in a direct way," said Allt-Graham. "The dollars that were tagged for infrastructure development, such as ports or ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... challenges that stem from the "sometimes vast distances between the places where jobs are growing and the places where people prefer to live." The Australia Report 2012 is an examination of risk perception in the country, and a discussion of risks, opportunity ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... significant economic contribution to Australia, accounting for about 17% of our merchandise trade and employing over 50,000 people. "Coal mining is central to the local economy of many regional areas, we therefore need to take steps to ensure the industry ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... (ESG) issues. "Our issue from an ESG perspective is the propensity for reputational risk when you have the "fresh food people" [Woolworths' logo] exposed to problem gambling.... We see it as a reputational risk that potentially could impact their social ...

Foresters launches Social Investment Australia lending fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Community Finance Fund Non-Profit, which will "employ community finance and social investment strategies to service and support people, organisations and communities with limited access to mainstream finance," Foresters said. Community Finance Fund Non-Profit ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... about what they're going to get back rather than ESG policies of GPs.... In Asia, compliance and ESG is an issue because people are worried about the tangible parts of ESG - corruption, and what happens if things go wrong environmentally. There is an ...

Accountancy profession a driver of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... decision-making. "In my own view, we can get a little bit trapped thinking about the external report without thinking about the people making decisions," he said. "If you look at internal decision makers, we have a tremendous amount of people engaged ...

Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... on G4," Geraghty said. "They're then able to digest that information about what's happening have a great discussion with people in similar positions and they can frame their own processes on how they discuss the G4 internally." Focal Point Australia ...