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Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... seen this in organisations which focus on a social program as part of the outcome of a good financial performance of the company, where they link the company's performance to funding for a social program. Everybody understands it, everyone understands ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Under the two-strikes rule, shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25% or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under the legislation. ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... patterns for its Australian and international portfolios. AMP Capital reported submitting votes on over 338 resolutions at 72 company meetings in the first half of 2013 in Australia. Of these resolutions, 83% were supported. AMP Capital either voted ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... nicer places to be in. One of the things often said about energy efficiency and commercial buildings, if you look at a company, their energy costs are 1% of their operating cost, while rent might be 10%. Unless it can be re-framed to how energy efficiency ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... at a lower cost than boards that are trusted less. Similarly, the level of trust placed in the entire cohort of listed company directors plays a role in capital formation and deployment throughout the wider economy." ACSI undertook the survey with research ...

Deutsche Borse joins Integrated Reporting pilot programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... landscape focused on the material factors that will enable investors to make better informed assessments of the ability of a company to create and sustain value." Deutsche Borse has approximately 765 listed companies with a combined market capitalization ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... become increasingly sophisticated across the REIT sector, with the impact of the GFC in our view playing a role, and as company directors generally seek to reduce the increasing risks they face. As long as there is transparency of accounts and decision ...

Net Balance Foundation joins CitySwitch program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability champion of Viatek. Viatek has agreed to the commitment to achieve a 4-star NABERS energy rating and part of the company's overall sustainability goals include embedding improved efficiencies in business practice, including technology ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Christensen said. "As is often the case, you get burned and then you learn - fast," he said. "In many cases, it's been that a company has gone in and started a business or started doing a JV and business objectives and cultures that were thought to be ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... diversity policies, state why such policies were introduced and how those policies assist in the longer term value of the company. BlackRock's report noted that there has been an increase of the number of women on boards, with women making up 17.8% of ...