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Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... and call it tax, such as royalties or license fees. But I do think companies are feeling a lot more pressure and accountability, and I do think there is more transparency around companies being willing to report around taxes, but they are voluntary - ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... conservation; implementing good governance, including openness to new ideas, transparency in decision-making, and accountability for our decisions; risk management and emphasising long-term outcomes rather than short-term gains; and promoting shared ...

Mercer hires Yolanda Beattie as practice leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... practical guidance on how to effect lasting change." Mercer is "ideally placed" for delivery of a data-centric, accountability-driven diversity and inclusion consultancy offering, Beattie added.

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... nationally determined, but also meet minimum quality criteria in mitigation," Woolcott said. " Secondly to ensure accountability and transparency in how countries are meeting their commitments, and we need this in order to judge how we are tracking collectively ...

Citi joins Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... FI). It "advances environmental risk management and innovative conservation finance, as well as financial sector accountability for the impacts and dependencies of portfolio companies," according to the declaration. "Managing environmental and social ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... succession planning. The ASX notes that a board skills matrix is useful information for investors and increases board accountability, and says that disclosure "need only be made collectively across the board as a whole, without identifying the presence ...

Australia falls in EY renewable energy index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... top two position in the RECAI. EY said President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan (CPP) sent a strong message of accountability for the shift to a low-carbon economy. "The CPP is the most comprehensive, far-reaching and flexible emissions legislation ...

CEFC reports investing $500 million in last year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... its legal duties under the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012 and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. " The CEFC is taking legal advice on the draft investment mandate, CEFC said. Over the 2014-2015 financial year ...

Technology to push sustainability reporting forward: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... communication on issues such as climate change and human rights," GRI said. This, in turn, will increase corporate accountability, as companies are seen as powerful institutions that have a role to play in finding solutions to sustainability issues. ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... succession planning. The ASX notes that a board skills matrix is useful information for investors and increases board accountability, and says that disclosure "need only be made collectively across the board as a whole, without identifying the presence ...