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Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... ASX said. "Guidance available to listed companies - as to the matters which might usefully be covered in reporting to company stakeholders on risks that go beyond financial reporting risks - includes operational, compliance, environmental, social and ...

Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... year, according to the ICCM's annual review. BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), an unlisted company based in Australia, are members of ICCM and all three provided ESG reporting using GRI guidelines. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... said. "Companies are thinking that they report against GRI, but when you review the guidance against what's available [on company reports], there is an enormous gap between what they said they reported and what was there and what was available." Even ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... is also ranked on the global Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for 2010/11. AGL was the only Australian company to be named among the 13 companies worldwide which make up the DJSI World electric utilities section. Ausgrid and Hydro Tasmania ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... 2009 as responded in 2007, fewer medium-sized companies responded to this survey, due most likely to the exigencies of company management during the global financial crisis." "Our view on ESG reporting is that it's a work in progress," said Tim Sheehy ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... there is scope for companies to manage their water exposure, and what are the likely cost impacts of that management for a company," Fabian said. "I'd say that they're far from convinced at this point that there are material financial exposures in the ...

Mercer expands ESG consulting capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... responsibilities after it became a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Prior to that, he was company secretary at the Australian Wheat Board. "In this investment environment, clients are particularly interested in the ...

ANZ targets 40 percent women managers by September

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... policies and practices," such as a global recruitment policy mandating qualified women on the shortlist for all roles at the company. ANZ was named one of 98 "employers of choice for women" by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). ...

"Two Strikes" policy for directors over executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
Australian shareholders will have the right to a "two strikes and you're out" test to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25 per cent or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under legislation introduced ...

Carbon and Water Increasingly Important to Institutional Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... Paul Simpson said: "It is clear that the effective management of both carbon and water will have a direct impact on a company's ability to compete and grow in the future. Companies that do not take action now will fall behind their peers who are already ...