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Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... retailer Woolworths Limited will be asked at a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to vote on a motion demanding the company limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 bets. GetUp, the activist group behind the campaign to curb gambling, will ...

Transparency International publishes anti-corruption report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... most transparent, ranked on how the companies are structured and the amount of financial information provided for each company in which they operate. Norway's Statoil was top rated,with a score of 8.3. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton came in ranked in second ...

IIRC releases outline to integrated reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... "Integrated Reporting is a market- led initiative, driven by business and investor needs to gain greater insights into how a company's strategy creates and preserves value over the short, medium and long term," said Paul Druckman, IIRC chief executive ...

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... in resource-rich countries and those countries governance structures through the full publication and verification of company payments and government revenues from oil, gas, and mining. The Solomon Islands has mineral and energy resources, with potential ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian National University and co-editor of the book. "If there are elements of water risk at, for example, a mining company or a pulp and paper manufacturer, a chemical manufacturer, or a water authority, general purpose water accounting under the ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Asset Management's head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, while Amanda McCluskey has moved to a new role with the company in Singapore. Pablo Berrutti Berrutti comes to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) from Perpetual, where ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... a case that after the first couple of quarters of the carbon pricing period, companies should have data collection and company processes in order." Since the Clean Energy Future legislation passed through Parliament last year, there has also been intense ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... likely to be more severe than other countries," said James Day, CDP's director - Australia and New Zealand. "Australian company performance should be stronger and more rigorous than the oversight of companies in other, less water stressed nations around ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... satisfies reporting needs for the UN PRI and can be used to conduct internal ESG risk assessment and identify targets for company engagement.

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... said he was "quite pleased" that the resolutions had been voted down, and now that the general meeting was finished, the company would continue with plans put in place to evolve some business operations, Vernon said. "Over the last 18 months or so, we ...