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Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian Federal Police (AFP) are investigating Leighton Holdings over payments that may have been made by a subsidiary company "in connection with work to expand offshore loading facilities for Iraq's crude oil exports." But Duncan Paterson, CEO of ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Morschel wrote "The proposed resolution sought to bind management to undertake certain actions it is clear to ANZ that under company law an annual general meeting of shareholders does not have the power to do this. So as you would understand it would ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... integrated report. But 30 companies in the ASX50 were assessed as having less than 50% integration, with the poorest performing company being scored at 8%. ACCA and Net Balance relied on publicly disclosed reports as the basis of their research. "The ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... up the difference between the cost of the purchased offset unit and the price floor of AU$15/tonne, meaning that if a company purchased a future today to manage liabilities in 2015, they would have to pay the government around AU$9 for each credit in ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... to reduce Scope 3 emissions - those emissions that occur beyond direct operations and account for as much as 86% of a company's carbon footprint." The report notes that direct progress in reducing GHG emissions in suppliers comes with comprehensive supply ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... through stay the same - does the board have the independence and the skill set to effectively oversee management so that the company is run in the best interest of the investors," Woods said. "Board independence, board skills, board makeup, make-up of ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... as focussed on ESG principles as they are today. Now, most fund managers seamlessly integrate an implicit analysis of a company's environmental social and governance policies and practices in their research frameworks." Rudman said that GESB uses its ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... regarding issues like child labour, freedom of association and occupational health and safety, the training provided to company managers and suppliers on the code, the companies' commitment to the code, companies' reporting channels, annual monitoring ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... human-induced climate change, [to] reduce greenhouse gas emissions" and job creation. As part of the study, CSIRO found that wind company representatives were vulnerable to community acceptance issues, while local government representatives had mixed ...

GRI establishing working groups for G4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms. The Indicator presents an opportunity to focus on the company's boundary of influence."