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AMP trials smartphone voting for annual general meeting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... their proxy votes online, with more than 500 using the smartphone option. "We just want to broaden the opportunities that people have to lodge their proxy form and participate in the voting process in the AGM," said Marnie Reid, AMP head of shareholder ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... falling since the start of the year. There is no reason to support the market at this level. It basically means that one, people who are putting solar panels on the roof and the installation are losing money because the price of certificates is so low. ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... government of Gabon to create a petroleum technical skills school in order to address the lack of appropriately-skilled people in the workforce, the paper said. AXA IM conducted qualitative interviews with oil and gas experts and with multinational companies. ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... until the project can get going. What the CEFC wants to do is it wants to be able to provide funding to then enable other people to come in and basically boost the whole area."

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... retail project to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people in Victoria. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The first Good Money retail financial hub recently opened in Geelong ...

ASIC details AFS licence process for carbon credit trade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... in relation to emission units between May and the end of June. This registration process, which costs AU$35, will allow people to offer services from the scheme's July launch while also applying for an Australian Financial Services (AFS) license or extending ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... competitiveness, it will not succeed. Two, failing to change the organization design and change decision-making processes so that people are encouraged and rewarded for sharing information, coordinating with others, experimenting, making mistakes, and ...

QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... bond-like characteristics. It is different from infrastructure and real estate. For instance, if there's a down market, people aren't demanding property rentals. But with timber, what they say is, they store value in the stump - if you don't sell it ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... manager at the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants. "You can rebuild bricks and mortar, but if you've lost all your people, I don't think that you can regain that. In the current environment, with organisations under pressure to squeeze the ...

Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... quality of data, the understanding of data, etc. This, of course, is a point of attack for information users, or NGOs, or people campaigning, because when companies are called out for green washing, very often it's because of one or two indicators. For ...