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Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Institute at the University of Queensland. "We're using a whole range of images to count the coral at the bottom - it's an audit of the amount of coral at the barrier reef. We've done probably the biggest survey every done on a reef, there are 150,000 ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Developing social enterprises can access funding between $10,000 -$30,000 through Foresters Community Finance's Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund was developed to fit the lending profile of social enterprises ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... area. We think that [companies] need to go and look at what if any policies they have in place now, go through a proper audit processes, and make sure that the results correlate with the systems that they have in place. They need to absolutely know what's ...

IIRC CEO favours market-led adoption of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The chief executive officer of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) says market-led adoption of the Integrated Reporting (IR) framework, not mandatory compliance, will lead to better corporate reporting. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO Paul ...

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... provided to us previously on Bangladesh factory fire safety. Myer sources from one Bangladesh factory and reports that an audit included building safety. David Jones was also in the recent news about Bangladesh due to its recently established relationship ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... year, and cost savings of more than AU$66,000 per year with a payback period of less than three years. As a result of the audit, RM Williams pursued power factor correction and voltage optimization on their distribution board, upgraded to more energy ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... process of applying IR, Stockland found that one area of the framework that needs further development is around assurance and audit, McEwan said. "We're working closely with the auditing group and the assurance group on what that could look like," she ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has released its 2013 reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... constituent companies that lack sufficient independence across ownership, board representation, key corporate committees and audit and remuneration committees are filtered out. "This Index is unique in combining industry screens, norms-based screens ...

ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Women now comprise 15.5% of ASX200 board members, an increase of 24 women from 2012, according to an annual audit into board diversity performed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The ACSI audit showed that for the first time ...