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Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... adopt is our guide because at the very least, the guide gives a template for ease of comparability. How that applies in future to superannuation funds is part of the debate. Super funds will go with the flow in this area. "I believe there will be more ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... pricing of carbon emissions liabilities. Experts weighed in on costs and potential liabilities offered under the Clean Energy Future package: Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful" ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... design and function of the US$100bn Green Climate Fund. The fact that no international agreement was achieved leaves the future Australian ETS in limbo, because while the government had previously agreed to a 5% cut in CO2 emissions by 2020, the door ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... we are market-leaders, which support this way of doing business and safeguard both nature and the feeding of current and future generations," Duijzer said. "Together with our customers we work in the direction of doubling food-and-agri-production while ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... pricing and new technology development will drive fundamental and long-term changes in how we generate and use energy in future decades', Grafton said in a statement accompanying the research report's publication. The government's Renewable Energy Target ...

David Bradbury announces inquiry on future of the AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... 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 Australia (CSA) annual conference, Bradbury noted ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... market. "As active managers, the thing we really need to demonstrate is part of making active decisions is caring about the future decisions companies make and putting money in successful companies," Berrutti said. "We have a role as stewards as investors. ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... associated with the carbon pricing policy, and firms will not lose competitiveness. Under the recently passed Clean Energy Future legislative package, AU$300m will be provided over four years to the steel industry with the "objective of encouraging investment ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... "business as usual" designs. Woolworths will also push water materiality further down the supply chain through its Fresh Food Future program, which includes grants and funding for farmers. "As with any resource used by Woolworths, it makes good business ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... their material sustainability issues include customer service, regulation, how to keep their multiple brands distinctive, future growth, IT systems, employee development, responsible lending and investment, climate change and diversity and flexibility. ...