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MSCI to collaborate on Access to Nutrition Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... proud that GAIN has chosen MSCI ESG Research to help produce the Access to Nutrition Index," said Remy Briand, Managing Director and Global Head of Index and ESG Research at MSCI. "MSCI ESG Research has a long history of analyzing nutritional issues ...

Low Carbon Australia relaunches Carbon Offset Guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has relaunched the Carbon Offset Guide website, which provides information on carbon offset providers in Australia. Low Carbon Australia, EPA Victoria, and the University of Queensland have developed the guide as a comprehensive ...

Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... because it conflates the right to remove a board with the feedback they're being given on pay," said Dean Paatsch, a director at Ownership Matters. "I've detected no appetite on the behalf of institutional voters to start chucking out boards for getting ...

75% of ASX100 exposed to corruption in high-risk countries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Three quarters of ASX100 companies that operate in a sector or country deemed "high-risk" for corruption, up from 56% in 2006, and Australian companies lag US, UK and European counterparts in prohibiting the giving and receiving of bribes, according ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreement for Melbourne property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia's environmental finance market and looks forward to building on the programme," said Andrew Balzan, NAB's managing director and head of property finance." "We know that access to affordable capital is a major barrier in retrofitting commercial ...

ACSI reiterates no vote for News Corp board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has advised Australian superannuation funds to vote against members of the News Corp Board at the company's annual general meeting in Los Angeles on Friday. "News Corp board should comprise a ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... results of the ACSI study showed the difficulty of efforts to correct gender imbalance in listed company executive and director ranks," said ACSI CEO Ann Byrne. "There has been progress but the pace of change is slow and women still hold very few leadership ...

Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... out of many." All participants said that the model of proxy adviser as decision maker is undesirable, but Don Argus, director of Australian Foundation Investment Company, and former BHP Billiton chairman, went further and said that the use of proxy advisers ...

Jillian Broadbent to chair Clean Energy Finance Corp panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... board member of the Reserve Bank, has been named chair of the review panel for the CEFC. She has previously served as a director of Woodside Petroleum, Coca-Cola Amatil and Qantas Airways. The government has also named to the panel David Paradice, founder ...

New standards for measuring GHG emissions in value chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... developed through a global, multi-stakeholder process making them both credible and user-friendly," said Pankaj Bhatia, Director, GHG Protocol, WRI. "Building on current best practice and extensive input from businesses, governments, and other partners ...