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Queensland government approves Clare Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... of the 130MW Clare Solar Farm. The project's development had been appealed by a local sugar cane harvesting and milling company, Wilmar Sugar, on the grounds that the farm would take up good quality agricultural land. Trad flagged the state government's ...

DCA calls for inclusive leadership at Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... "You can have people w/ lots of diverse backgrounds in the workplace, but if they don't feel like they're part of the company and valued by the company, it won't work. Having inclusive leaders means that those individuals [in the workforce] have a sense ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... billion, an underlying increase of 8.3% when excluding discontinued operations and non-trading items, according to the company. In terms of its sustainability performance, Wesfarmers reduced the total recordable injury frequency rate by 7.5% during the ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Action' climate leadership commitments are benchmarks for businesses' climate actions. "Origin Energy is the first energy company in the world to endorse all seven of the CDP/We Mean Business climate leadership commitments," said James Day, CDP's Australia ...

ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... guidance around executive remuneration, to further embed ACSI's view that remuneration should be in line with achievement of company strategy, Davidson said. "In this review, and in the review that took place two years ago, there is a trend towards emphasising ...

Companies considering implication of BEPS reform: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... models, Wiebe said. One of the more tricky areas relates to the digital economy, and where value is created versus where the company has significant physical presence. This puts some countries like China and India in a position of "tension" with the ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... populate it with a raft of generic skills. What's more powerful is to focus on those capabilities that align with the company's long term sustainability. I'd regard BHP as doing a great job of highlighting specific board and governance requirements ...

Data security a governance concern: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... cyber and data security are no longer technology considerations and should be a discussion point between shareholders and company management and boards. "In 2009 when we looked at the telecommunications industry, we felt that data security presented ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions, and employers will usually be driven by cost measures predominately." Markey cited work done by transport company Linfo, which reduced emissions by 36% between 2007 and 2012. Markey co-authored a study, Climate Change and the Australian ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... and align with the UN Global Compact's Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing as part of its commitments, the company said. "We are heading towards a carbon constrained future and AGL wants to take a leadership position in making that transformation," ...