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ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... the number of ASX200 companies outside the top 100 remained at seven. "Despite ACSI's annual communication with ASX200 company chairmen regarding their reporting level and the importance of sound disclosure around sustainability risk and performance ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund (AGIF) has purchased a minority stake in clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) for almost US$29m. SGEL develops, owns and operates a portfolio of power generation assets across ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... in 2011- explicit anti-corruption policies increased 4%, supplier policies increased 4% and limiting gift values 3%. "Company size has a marked effect on policy rates in all areas - for example limiting gift values (24% SMEs versus 77% largest compaÂnies) ...

Australian Ethical Investments faces EGM board spill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... individuals who are the dissenting shareholders or director candidates were employees who were unwilling to come with your company on its path of continual improvement," said Andre Morony, Australian Ethical chair, in the letter. "The material that these ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... employees, and that labour conflicts can be a source of risk that can cause financial and reputational losses for the company and investors. "Brand damage, strikes and other industrial action, and fines and lawsuits are among the potential consequences ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... conduct publicly available to talk about with investors and other stakeholders about how they manage ethical risks in the company. The number of complaints to media watchdogs has gone up, and it's in their best interest to explain to the investor community ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... important, things that I think about both categories of cost is how are they going to be assessed and attributed in a company's books. The reason for that is that the [ Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ] ACCC has a hell of a lot of additional ...

Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... its submission. "Although we are cognisant of the need for Australia to remain globally competitive in attracting new company listings and capital, we do not believe investor protections and equity should be set aside." ACSI raised two further concerns ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability at Perpetual. "Some want to use it as engagement tool - we've had a couple of analysts that have gone into company meetings and put it down in front of CEOs and chairmen and said, what about this," Berrutti said. "I'm quite happy to have ...

AMP trials smartphone voting for annual general meeting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
More than 500 AMP shareholders used a smartphone to lodge their proxy votes for the company's May annual general meeting, via technology developed by their registrar, Computershare. AMP reported that more than 7,000 AMP shareholders lodged their proxy ...