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Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... had been voted down, and now that the general meeting was finished, the company would continue with plans put in place to evolve some business operations, Vernon said. "Over the last 18 months or so, we have been going through a bit of change, such as ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Only 14% of ASX200 companies have formal policies addressing labour and human rights issues, despite the index's heavy weighting towards sectors with high frequency and/or severity of labour and human rights controversies, according to a new report ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... reporting moving to regulated systems such as carbon pricing, Philips sees water as the next commodity that will most likely evolve from voluntary to mandatory reporting. She points to the CDP's water reporting - the CDP's 2011 report showed that 59% ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... to sustainability professionals. Executive remuneration will continue to be a topic of engagement, but the debate could evolve into a wider question of social justice, in line with rising emphasis on social issues like human rights. "The top priority ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 'sustainability' is not a static agenda. Instead, both the materiality of sustainability issues and our response to them will evolve over time, as new issues emerge and priorities change." Across its various brands and divisions, the bank reported AU$135m ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance risk considerations have evolved from a fringe area of investment management to become mainstream calculations. But asset owners and managers are seeking further integration into fixed income and cash asset allocations ...

Integrated reporting discussion paper released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Business reporting must evolve to account for the changed realities brought about by globalisation and its resulting interdependencies, and increased population growth and increasing global consumption, according to a discussion paper by the International ...

James Thier retires from Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
James Thier, a founding director of Australian Ethical Investment, has retired from the company as of last week. Australian Ethical is a fund manager with AU$650m in assets under management, specialising in ethical and sustainable investment since its ...

Ceres, Tellus Institute to design sustainability ratings standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... conducted through an independent and non-commercial process. As the GISR enters the market, a GISR Board of Directors will evolve with the expectation that GISR will gradually morph into a stand-alone, non-profit, global organisation much as GRI did. ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... there, but there is a stringent view that there are some things that we don't want to be involved in, and those things evolve over time. Wind turbines today have some issues in regards to bird migration or bird strikes, or the low-level noise issue that's ...