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Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
2012 is set to be another full year for sustainability and environmental, social and governance considerations, including events like the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June, we look back at the topics that stirred interest ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... priced and built and ensure that fees associated with a equity capital raising reflect value and risk, according to governance experts and institutional and retail investors. How companies structure access to equity capital raisings is a governance issue ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... and environmental impacts by ASX100 companies are, in general, poorer than results of similar studies into corporate governance disclosures, stakeholder engagement and disclosures on water "This may be because of the relatively recent recognition of ...

David Bradbury announces inquiry on future of the AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... corporate social responsibility, companies should "think hard" about how to best report on environmental, social and governance issues, while also announcing an inquiry on the future of the annual general meeting (AGM). Speaking to the Chartered Secretaries ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... finishes its second year as a UNPRI signatory, the investment manager will continue embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) into its investment considerations, including finalising a dashboard report approach to ESG with their investment ...

Rio Tinto, government partner for Pilbara governance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... The partnership will see the Australian Government and Rio Tinto deliver key native title groups in the Pilbara with governance support and assistance. This will help ensure native title holders build a robust corporate structure to manage the significant ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability exposures for long-term value creation, they need develop strategies to improve environmental, social and governance performance. So says the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, which has published a list of 20 sustainability ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... recognize, because proxy advisers are here to stay and we have opt work with them. " Karin Halliday, manager corporate governance at AMP Capital Investors, noted that while AMP Capital has a long history of voting its proxies, at the 2010 AGM season ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... sure about. The second thing is to review is the process by which the money is then disbursed, and what process or governance mechanism do they have in place in the mechanisms to make sure the that the projects are associated with mitigation and adaptation. ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia to "examine feasibility of a 'social housing fund' for Australia" and will consider environmental social and governance issues incorporated into risk management policies, practices and decision making policies by 2013 as well as embedding responsible ...