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Metcash drop paper supplier over Indonesian foresting concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... retender at the next round, Rhodes said. This has been the first investigation under Metcash's new supply chain management policy, which was approved by its board of directors in March of this year and was three years in the making, Rhodes said. As part ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... several approaches in the outlined frameworks for integrated investment processes always means beginning with defining the policy and moving through investment decisions and long term interactions with invested companies. "Institutional investors will ...

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 ...