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DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... further build our leadership position," the report said. On the governance side, in 2011, the company established a new board membership policy that outlined its take on directors serving on multiple boards, "to guard against directors over committing ...

Integrated reporting discussion paper released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... build a reporting consensus that includes the accounting standards developed by the the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the U.S.-based Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to improve both IFRS and U.S. GAAP, and melds them ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... emissions reduction activities - more than double, at 45% this year, up from 19% in 2010. The report attributes these changes is board-level awareness of the link between energy efficiency and increased profitability. CDP sent out its annual request ...

Companies increasing remuneration report transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... remuneration practices, a result of the government's new "two strikes and you're out" test empowering shareholders to dump a board of directors, according to AMP Capital Investors. The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and ...

PRI signatories develop farmland principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... for the local communities, for host countries and for the pensioners we serve," said Xander den Uyl, vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of ABP. "We hope these principles will provide a reference point also for other investors' farmland investments." ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability performance of the assets - 39% of those respondents reported that the performance incentive rises to the executive board/senior management level. There is also a direct connection between sustainability and financial performance - more ...

Metcash drop paper supplier over Indonesian foresting concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... 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 of the sustainable supply chain ...

Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... organisations do choose to report on water usage, but according to their ad-hoc criteria. The Water Accounting Standards Board (WASB) is in the process of developing the Australian Water Accounting Standard (AWAS), which will quantify information about ...

James Thier retires from Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... requirements like the compliance people and the legal people." Since 1986, Thier said, three "generations" of investors had come on board with Australian Ethical, each motivated by differing, evolving views. "From our point of view, we have gone through ...

DEXUS appoint Tonianne Dwyer independent director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... executive having worked across a variety of international markets, she brings a valuable global perspective to the DEXUS Board," said Chris Beare, Chairman of DEXUS Property Group. DEXUS currently has one other woman on its board - Elizabeth Alexander. ...