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ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... they're putting significant undisclosed shareholder money in another direction," said Caroline Le Couteur, executive director, ACCR. "Your company is walking both sides of the street. If you think [climate change] is a significant issue, that doesn't ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... the baseline in the mining industry." However, scenario and stress testing shouldn't be seen as the end point of the director's obligations. "I think there's a danger then that what used to be the standard tick the box is replaced by a more extensive ...

Women comprise 42% of 2016 ASX200 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... to 23.6%, according to research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). John Brodgen, AICD managing director and chief executive officer Overally, 42% of appointments thus far in 2016 have been women. Medibank currently has the highest ...

Sandfire Resources completes DeGrussa Solar Power Project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... to have a transformational impact on the global economy over the next decade," said Karl Simich, Sandfire's managing director. "These include solar power combined with a state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery storage facility, which has been used for the ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Christian Super, Ian Woods, head of ESG Investment research at AMP Capital Investors and Michael Salvatico, executive director of MSCI ESG Research. Cope noted that the UN Global Compact's Guiding Principles covers human rights, labour, the environment ...

Companies "show variation" on ESG disclosures: Company Matters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... environmental and social sustainability risks, and if it does, how it manages or intends to manage those risks." Janine Rolfe, a director at Company Matters, says this is particularly apparent in newly listed entities and entities joining the ASX300 ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... (GIIA), a lobbying organization for the infrastructure asset class which she helped launch. Prior to GIIA, Lowik was the director of research and market information, and later the director of professional standards at INREV, the European Association ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... signatory base to see what investors were contemplating and doing as regards the SDGs, said Fiona Reynolds, managing director, PRI. "We were pleasantly surprised to find out that a part of our base were already thinking about the SDGs and thinking about ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership, collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... renew our long-standing and essential collaboration with GRI on sustainability reporting," said Lise Kingo, executive director of the UN Global Compact. "Together we can help companies measure and report on their efforts around the new Sustainable Development ...

AXA IM Smart Beta fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... RIAA's certification 'reinforced AXA IM's long-standing commitment to responsible investment,' said Craig Hurt, AXA IM director for Australia and NZ. "Since forming in 1997, AXA IM's Responsible Investment team has become one of the largest and most ...