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Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... been broken. You now have the remuneration report prepared and analysed by third parties who do not have an idea of how a company operates or its history." Morgan outlined other objections to remuneration reports, saying that the definition of "executive" ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... management; and successful community and landholder relationships," said David Knox, Santos CEO and managing director, in the company sustainability report. "I am committed to meeting or exceeding the highest legislative, ethical, environmental and social ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... term." Bankmecu is one of three Australian companies taking part in the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)'s company pilot program, which will test the draft framework for integrated reporting against their corporate disclosures. Walsh ...

Five Oceans AM to run Skandia Global Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... opportunities or mitigate risk through ESG analysis." As a broad strategy across its portfolios, Five Oceans examines each company in its investible universe with an eye to business sustainability and uses positioning analysis for the company and its ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... negotiating lower fees and margins on existing facilities and entering into new bilateral facilities at reduced margins." The company also announced an on-market buyback of securities of up to 5% of issued capital. To the end of January 2012, GPT had ...

Proxy voting error results in Emeco AGM double-count

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... cast. That error resulted in an apparent "against" vote of 26.40% on the advisory vote on Emeco's remuneration report, the company reported last month in a statement. A recount by an independent scrutineer confirmed that the correct result of the vote ...

DEXUS head office, Republica Coffee declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon neutral." Meanwhile, DEXUS's head office at 343 George St, Sydney, has been certified carbon neutral after the company assessed energy usage and developed a sustainability strategy. The strategy focuses on reducing waste to landfill, increasing ...

ASIC renews call for better remuneration disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... directors must provide "sufficient detail" such that shareholders can assess if the arrangements are appropriate for the company's circumstance. "It is important for the integrity of the market and investor confidence that there is a high level of compliance ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Under the two-strikes rule, shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25% or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under the legislation. ...

FTSE launch carbon risk indices for Australia, Europe and Japan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... the underlying FTSE benchmark." Launched in December 2011, the series takes an established FTSE index and evaluates each company within the index to identify its level of exposure to future carbon risks. The companies within the index are then re-weighted ...