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Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... buyback." Stockland reviewed its executive remuneration policies, which was completed in the 2012 financial year, a review the company said was taken in response to changes to remuneration practices and to investor feedback. The review has resulted in ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... FTSE4Good over a decade ago our focus has always been the continual evolution of standards and encouraging improvements in company environmental, social and governance practices" Mark Makepeace, FTSE's chief executive said in a media statement. "At this ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... their portfolios, according to the third Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The 42 listed and private company and fund respondents from Australia and New Zealand were given the rank of "Green Stars" by GRESB, the only region to be so ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... companies over the coming year," James Gifford, executive director of the PRI, said in a media statement. "It is clear that a company's management of ESG issues does play a role in its ability to deliver sustainable returns to its investors, and users ...

Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power offer biogas services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia will work with Quantum Power, a biogas-based renewable energy company, to assist farming, abattoir and food processing industries to create energy from waste. The alliance between Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power will bundle ...

CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Chair Jillian Broadbent will retire from the board of the ASX as of the company's 5 October annual general meeting (AGM). Broadbent is leaving the ASX board to focus on her new role at the CEFC, ASX said in an ...

ACSI to target exec bonus disclosure, voting rights at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... it was necessary to waive pre-emptive rights and the identities and fees paid to advisers and underwriters. "No leading company should any longer claim to be surprised by improvements their super fund investors are expecting to see," Byrne said. "But ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... high-risk country in terms of sweatshop risk." The AMP Capital report said that Billabong is the only listed Australian company to sign up to SA8000, a global auditable social accountability standard, but noted "the main criticism against SA8000 is that ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Calculating the value of the ecosystem in which a company operates can not only provide measures of the company's dependency on services such as water, land, biomass and climate control, but also offers information for strategic consideration of risk ...

Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Bank, MLC and Morgan Stanley, among others, under the aegis of the St James Ethics Centre. It is a registered company, and the group's founders believe it is a world first. It is designed as a voluntary commitment that will seek to encourage ...