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Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... complex and would therefore take a long time, also because there are no international agreements. Then we have the Governance and Remuneration Working Group. All the governance related issues in the guidelines are going to be updated and rewritten because ...

Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... jargon that is not easily understood, said Peter Morgan, founder of 452 Capital. Speaking at the Ownership Matters governance conference in Melbourne, Morgan told an audience of investors, corporate officers and others that remuneration reports did not ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... the most strongly rated by both Santos and its stakeholders. Other issues include air quality, community wellbeing, governance and policy and risk management. Santos also reported on how it accomplished its 2011 sustainability goals. It did not have ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange should be disclosing their material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, including the future anticipated costs of carbon emissions, a panel of investment and accounting principles said. ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... integrated reporting, which combines financial information with non-financial information such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, could provide investors with information that will assist them in evaluating future cash flows. "The ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Companies making voluntary disclosures of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues must ensure that any statements can be backed up by data and they must be aware that disclosures to reporting frameworks such as the Carbon Disclosure Project ...

Corporate sustainability a vehicle for value creation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... statement of values, and the integrated reporting framework could assist companies in seeing environmental, social and governance (ESG) as central to strategy, according to Jonathon Hanks, a South African sustainability expert. "The thing is that many ...

Five Oceans AM to run Skandia Global Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... of derivative and hedging strategies, and the research Five Oceans undertakes to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment selection process, said Adam Smears, head of investment research and portfolio manager at SIG ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... have contacted 118 UN Global Compact (UNGC) companies on the issue of increased reporting on environmental, social and governance activities. The investors are all UNPRI signatories and wrote the 118 companies to either express support for their advanced ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Capital and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VMFC) to cast proxy votes against resolutions during 2011. Governance managers at both institutions also cited concerns over share placements, board composition and corporate constitution amendments ...