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Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... growth in population, growth in middle class," said Chi Woo, the Sydney-based director of climate change and sustainability at KPMG. "At the same time, it reflects on the constraints to growth - some of them are environmental, or water, or access to ...

Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... long-term value generation are not always captured by the reporting boundaries of current year financial measures, according to a KPMG report. "Integrated reporting provides a basis to address this by re-focussing reporting around an organisation's business ...

ASX report shows companies' progress on gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... of 211 ASX-listed companies have established a gender diversity policy as recommended by ASX Principle 3, according to a KPMG survey commissioned by the ASX. Ruth Medd The ASX survey showed that 61% of the 211 companies established gender diversity policies ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... James Allt-Graham The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based report produced by the ADC Forum report in collaboration with KPMG, and examines how the country views perceived risks. The report explores not only the top perceived risks, but the extent ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... pricing regime in July. The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based report produced by the ADC Forum in collaboration with KPMG. The risk of climate change is also tightly interwoven with other perceived risks, both environmental and social - the report ...

AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... companies on ESG factors. He will report to Ian Woods, AMP Capital's head of ESG research. Andrews has worked at consultants KPMG and PwC in the area of sustainability in Australia and South Africa. He has also worked as an environmental consultant in ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... eligibility criteria - the working group includes International Finance Corporation (IFC), Standard & Poor's, Aviva Investors and KPMG. See Also: IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... differentiation and to ensure the long-term social, environmental and economic sustainability of the sector, according to a KPMG report. "The key things coming out the report is that agribusiness is fragmented by subsectors," said Phillip Napier, KPMG ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... corruption, but 40% of those companies have no publicly stated policy that prohibits bribery or facilitation payments. See Also: KPMG: companies should review anti-corruption policies 75% of ASX100 exposed to corruption in high-risk countries

KPMG: companies should review anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... anti-bribery policies if the Australian government removes the "facilitation payments" defence from laws. David Luijerink, KPMG forensic partner In November, the government released a consultation paper discussing possible amendments to the criminal ...