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Companies considering implication of BEPS reform: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... the British and Australian perceptions with the US, where tax is "not a front page issue" and other jurisdictions such as Japan, he added. "It's a very interesting time, and with the OECD's work on their base erosion and profit shifting initiative means ...

International Integrated Reporting Council appoints new board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... USA; Reuel Khoza, president, Institute of Directors in Southern Africa; Izumi Kobayashi, vice chair, Keizai Doyukai, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives; David Nussbaum, chief executive officer, WWF UK; Upendra Sinha, chairman, Securities and ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors both in Australia and around the world are still in early stages of uptake in both environmental, social and governance (ESG)-factor investing and in quantitative-based tailored approaches to risk and return, according to Northern ...

Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Oslo, Portland, OR, San Francisco, Seattle WA, Minneapolis MN, Stockholm, Washington DC, Vancouver, Canada and Yokohama, Japan. The alliance came from a meeting of the 17 cities in Copenhagen in June 2014, according to the Urban Sustainability Directors ...

AMP Capital to advise GII on renewable infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... and Banking Corporation (MUTB). AMP Capital will assist GII in acquiring high quality renewable energy infrastructure in Japan, and will provide ongoing advice. "AMP Capital has been investing in infrastructure globally for the past 25 years and we are ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... investment universe, and is a collaboration between members of the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) and the Japan Social Investment Forum. It collates results from market studies in regions including Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, Asia ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Supply chains in Brazil, China, India and the United States are more vulnerable to climate change than those in Europe and Japan because of lack of preparation, according to CDP. CDP analysed suppliers from 11 countries in relation to their climate change ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... which involves modelling teams from 15 major emitters - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, the UK and the USA. These countries account for 70% of the world's greenhouse ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... disclosure and for boards and management to be held accountable to shareholders." Alternatively, AMP Capital highlighted Germany, Japan and China, where companies are controlled by "a small identifiable group of long-term owners" where governance processes ...

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... the adoption of Integrated Reporting." Other discussion forums are already being organised in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the US, by interested parties including accountancy bodies and firms, IIRC said. See Also: IIRC ...