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Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... "There is a cloud of political uncertainty hovering above us all," said Sally Burns, managing director of Sigma Global, a company that advises on corporate carbon compliance obligations and offset projects. "Obviously, buying ACCUs at $5/tonne will rule ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... sector, for example, you get small listed companies that think you have got to have mining experience to be a good mining company director. Often, they still haven't moved on from the people who were on the board at IPO." See Also: WOB: ASX200 companies ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... fund manager that uses concentrated, non-index relative approaches to building portfolios of listed global equities. The company has integrated environmental, social and corporate governance analysis into its investment process since its 2005 inception. ...

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 ...