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Skilled labour shortage potentially increases corporate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... skilled workers. Flexible working conditions, work from home, phased retirement, job sharing, employee training, career development and forging closer ties to universities and TAFEs -offering apprenticeships, traineeships and graduate programs - are ...

DEXUS appoint Tonianne Dwyer independent director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... appointed Tonianne Dwyer as an independent director. Dwyer served from 2006-2010 as director of Quintain Estates and Development, a listed United Kingdom property company engaged in funds management, investment and urban regeneration, and was previously ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... taking into consideration - what impact does having an age- and nationality-diverse board have? AM: It goes back to the development of a board skills matrix. Companies have to sit down and critically think about the skill sets they need on the board. ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... including Xstrata, Rio Tinto, Centennial, Anglo American, and BHP Billiton are already investing significant funds in the development of these new abatement technologies. The scale of the existing investment is already high and there is a risk that the ...

Women make strides in recent board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... biases, and assisting women in senior positions by shaping an organisational culture that supports the ongoing career development of women in management." The Australian Stock Exchange in 2011 adopted a "comply or explain" policy, asking companies to ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
In September, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) will release its second survey assessing the environmental and social performance of public and private real estate investments. GRESB will be used by institutional investors to engage ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... managing stakeholder relationships. "One of the challenges of social risk is that it has a very long lead time in development and the signals can be weak and challenging to interpret. You need robust processes for identifying and issues and their stakeholders. ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... labour." ANZ engages with stakeholders including employees to provide understanding of material issues and informs the development of corporate responsibility targets, the report said. In the area of anti-corruption, the bank stated: "Our Global Anti-Bribery ...

Mercer's global head of responsible investment business recognised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... investment (SRI) in Canada. Ambachtsheer established Mercer's global RI practice in 2004. She also played a role in the development of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) as the consultant to the United Nations responsible ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... we're going forward and demonstrating our progress, I think our clients are satisfied. This year we also held an ESG development information session for our clients, providing an overview of some of the recent ESG issues like the carbon tax, the new ...