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Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... issue there is from a risk management perspective. If a crisis came up with any one of those companies upon which the director sits. Also, we might very well be invested in all of the companies that the director sits. Q: Have you been engaging on the ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... energy efficient initiatives and the material contributions can make to retail businesses," said Anna Skarbek, executive director, ClimateWorks. ClimateWorks Australia is a partnership between the Myer Foundation and Monash University with a mission ...

Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of South African companies has found that 100 companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) have written sustainability reports based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidances for the 2010/2011 financial year, up from 86 ...

ASIC urges additional executive remuneration disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Under the Corporations Act, listed companies are required to publish annually in the remuneration report section of the director's report for the financial year discussion of the board policy for remuneration, discussion of the relationship between the ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... expanding our sales, client service, product development, and research teams around the globe," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head of index and ESG research at MSCI. "Our aim is to set standards for the ESG market place by providing ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... months and would be talking to a broad range of stakeholders, led by its new climate change team of John Drexhage, ICMM's director, and Simone Cooper, the council's senior program officer. The ICMM will launch its plan of action at the next Conference ...

"Two Strikes" for directors legislation passes Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... remuneration under legislation that will take effect in July. The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011, better known as the "two strikes and you're out" test, passed the Senate this week and ...

Ceres, Tellus Institute to design sustainability ratings standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Ceres and Tellus Institute have launched an initiative to create a new, single ratings standard for sustainability performance of companies. The Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) will be modelled on the Global Reporting Initiative ...

Low Carbon Australia makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Cox is the chief operating officer and company secretary of DEXUS Property Group. Nicholls is a corporate adviser and director. Nicholls is chair of Yarra Trams, a director of Fairfax Media, Sigma Pharmaceutical Group, and the Australian Institute of ...

GRI releases airport operator sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... is high on the environmental agenda for most airport operators and their surrounding populations," said Tim Johnson, director at the Aviation Environment Federation in a statement put out by the GRI. "Managing the expectations of local communities can ...