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Governance Institute appoints Steven Burrell as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
The Governance Institute of Australia has hired Steven Burrell as its new chief executive officer. Burrell is the former general manager of communications and public affairs at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and will begin in ...

ASX companies report shared value strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... value strategies in their business, according to a survey conducted by the Shared Value Project. Helen Steel, executive director, Shared Value Project (photo courtesy Shared Value Project) The Shared Value Project conducted State of shared Value in Australia ...

Epuron Energy expands Uterne Solar Plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... the Uterne expansion to our growing portfolio of operational solar assets," said Martin Poole, Epuron Solar executive Director. "Uterne is the largest solar farm in Australia with sun tracking technology which captures more energy consistently throughout ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... change in the lead up to the Paris Climate Change talks, among other activities, according to Fiona Reynolds, managing director. Reynolds is in Australia and is speaking at the Women in Super National Roadshows on the environmental, social and governance ...

ACCR considers appeal in Commonwealth Bank case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... the ways it's limited is that ordinary resolutions can't express opinions about the company," said Felicity Millner, director of litigation, Environmental Justice Australia. Millner noted that the judge in the case, Australasian Centre for Corporate ...

IIRC releases Competence Matrix for IR training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Reporting should lead to a shift in focus from financial management to value management," said Neil Stevenson, IIRC managing director, global implementation. "We have specifically designed this matrix to be market-led, having created it through consultation ...

KPMG Australia buys Banarra

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... identification of the risks, which tend to be more offshore." Banarra was founded in 2006 by Richard Boele, managing director. Boele joins JPMG as an advisory partner, and 10 specialist consultants from Banarra will join KPMG as well in the climate change ...

Court back Commonwealth Bank in ACCR case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... the behaviour of their company by attempting to change the company's constitution." said Caroline Le Couteur, executive director, ACCR. "We brought this important test case because, in an age of increasing corporate power, it is more and more important ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... is high on the twenty-first century policy agenda," said Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary-general and UNEP executive director. "The continuing loss of the world's tropical rainforests represents a significant threat to the security of water, food, energy ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... discuss what is widely seen as one of the most important investment issues of our generation," said Kevin Bourne, managing director, database services, FTSE Russell. "As a leading global index provider, FTSE Russell recognises the significance of this ...