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Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... that discussion ends up with us requesting additional or improved information about nomination processes, monitoring the company has in place and annual review processes for directors, to give us comfort about the rigor of these processes. Once you have ...

Citibank Australia appoints Samantha Mostyn non-executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Cable & Wireless, and served as a senior adviser to a previous Australian federal government. Ms Mostyn is currently a company director for Transurban Group and Virgin Blue Holdings. She is also a commissioner of the Australian Football League and president ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... problems that many managers face in many industries is that they tend to confuse what is strategically important with the company with what is important to stakeholders," she said. "That causes them to be fairly myopic. It's a common weakness. The issues ...

Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has certified Melbourne-based printing company Mystique as carbon neutral. Mystique achieved the carbon neutral rating by reducing its production greenhouse gas emissions and choosing to offest all remaining emissions association ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... "In the case of an incorporated joint venture the old CPRS proposal was that the majority shareholder, as the holding company of the incorporated joint venture, would take 100% of the carbon liability, although it could then pass that liability to the ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... actually benefit from carbon trading. It's clearly negative for coal fired electricity generators. The bottom line is a company's carbon emissions are becoming an additional factor investors can't ignore."

CBRE certified carbon neutral in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... conservation-based forest initiatives, landfill methane destruction and sustainability projects in emerging economies. For 2010, the company offset more than 50,000 metric tons of emissions. CBRE said that it measures its annual carbon footprint using ...

Solaris Investment Management appoint ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... process, initially at our risk screening stage and then subsequently as one of six qualitative factors used to value a company," she said. "If there are any ESG issues, the analysts receive ongoing alerts from our ESG analyst, Lisa Domagala. Lisa has ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... which may take another year to see the change in annual reporting disclosure. Take remuneration for example - they [the company] needs time to draft new policies and put them in place. It's not something you see straight away. Often we have discussions ...

PUMA's environmental P&L reporting: a model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... great global interest. The sporting and apparel manufacturer has committed to establishing an economic valuation of the company's environmental, social and economic impacts along its value chain, including down the supply chain. Australian experts believe ...