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IIRC releases Competence Matrix for IR training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Reporting should lead to a shift in focus from financial management to value management," said Neil Stevenson, IIRC managing director, global implementation. "We have specifically designed this matrix to be market-led, having created it through consultation ...

KPMG Australia buys Banarra

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... identification of the risks, which tend to be more offshore." Banarra was founded in 2006 by Richard Boele, managing director. Boele joins JPMG as an advisory partner, and 10 specialist consultants from Banarra will join KPMG as well in the climate change ...

Court back Commonwealth Bank in ACCR case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... the behaviour of their company by attempting to change the company's constitution." said Caroline Le Couteur, executive director, ACCR. "We brought this important test case because, in an age of increasing corporate power, it is more and more important ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... is high on the twenty-first century policy agenda," said Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary-general and UNEP executive director. "The continuing loss of the world's tropical rainforests represents a significant threat to the security of water, food, energy ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... discuss what is widely seen as one of the most important investment issues of our generation," said Kevin Bourne, managing director, database services, FTSE Russell. "As a leading global index provider, FTSE Russell recognises the significance of this ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... resolutions on 29 July, and has already met the 100-shareholder threshold for lodgement, said Caroline Le Couteur, executive director at ACCR. The resolutions also ask for disclosures around why the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of the company has ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation boards can add value by reflecting the demographics of membership at large, and by focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a survey of the superannuation industry. BNP Paribas Securities Services and ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... commence a Request for Proposals process by early 2016. "They're very sensible steps," said Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing at Social Ventures Australia (SVA). "They're recognising that it's important that NGOs, those service delivery ...

ACSI ups ante on zero-women boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... improve upon their position." ACSI noted in an announcement that thus far in 2015, "women represent barely more than one director appointment in every four to ASX 200 boards." If that trajectory continues, it will take "well into next decade" to reach ...

Emma Herd appointed IGCC CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... replaces Nathan Fabian as chief executive. Fabian recently left IGCC, and Australia, to take up a position as policy director of Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). See Also: PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy director