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AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... between individual ESG factors and overall earnings and share prices, but in aggregate, they can highlight the quality of a company's management and identify mispriced stocks, according to Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, senior research analyst at AMP Capital ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... create demand, and understanding and articulating risks and opportunities around use of the five commodities. Australian company Brambles was named industrials and auto industry sector leader.

CDSB guide for companies complying with UK GHG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Report). It will aid companies that want to provide contextual information to explain both GHG emissions results and how the company is managing risks and opportunities stemming from climate change. The guidance shows links between companies' existing ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... reach and diversity, and the four case studies address different human rights issues, but the commonality is that each company has committed to respecting human rights in a systemic fashion, said Richard Boele, a director of the Global Compact Network ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... photovoltaic power plant in northern NSW. CEFC and National Australia Bank also co-financed a project by Australian Agricultural Company Limited (AACo), for the installation of solar PV units across 15 grid-connected sites in Queensland and an innovative ...

ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... requirement to report to the core option of the G4 guidelines takes effect for the year ending 31 December 2015, and each member company will report and gain assurance against the G3 guidelines until they make the transition to the G4 guidelines, ICMM ...

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... goals for community engagement, 4% for their supply chains, 3% for water management and 1% for transparency," CDP said. No company reported a public policy target for water. "Although we are seeing great strides in corporate ability to identify water-related ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical Investment and Five Oceans Asset Management are part of the initiative. "We would like to understand [the company's] reserve exposure to the risks associated with current and probable future policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... considers either of these prohibitions to have been breached. "The sanctions for breaching these prohibitions are severe, and company directors or employees who are involved in a breach of these prohibitions by their company may also face pecuniary penalties," ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... clients that his experience would be necessary to BHP Billiton given the fact that it is the world's largest resource company with significant holdings in thermal coal and shale oil assets. "We heard that Ian Dunlop was going to nominate for the board," ...