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IIRC publishes integrated reporting prototype

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... and applicability," said Paul Druckman, IIRC chief executive. "We have found out the hard way in recent years that our capital markets, governance and reporting systems need to evolve to encourage financial stability and a greater long term focus. Integrated ...

Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Carapiet had a 22-year career at Macquarie Bank, where he served as head of the investment banking division of Macquarie Capital and became the executive chair in 2010. Carapiet is currently the chair of SAS Trustee Corporation NSW and a non-executive ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... strengthening cultural identity can help them operate in two cultures successfully, and that leadership support and growth capital for effective programs could drive future successes. It is important to invest in women and children because of the role ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... diversity won't go away, and it's not just about gender," she said. "We're talking about boards that have skills in human capital management, IT, legal and experience in the markets in which businesses operate." In addition to remuneration issues, Wilson ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Hermes Fund Managers has created a global quantitative environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and has announced that Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a AU$90m mandate for the strategy. The strategy combines Hermes' existing quantitative ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... risks (such as the type of technology that will be used to generate carbon abatement)," the report said. "The upfront capital and timescale for project implementation and delivery should also be considered in light of the transition to a market based ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... returns from different things and it also means that the investment role is changing and by having more active, engaged capital, you hopefully get a more rapid allocation of capital to environmentally and socially sustainable areas." To that end, collaborative ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... trustees to do this because trustees traditionally outsource all of their responsibilities - they outsource the allocation of capital to their advisers and consultants and they outsource the actual management to the managers. Climate change provides ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... more effective water metering to improve data quality." Richard Goyder, Wesfarmers managing director, identified human capital and carbon emissions as material issues to the business' operation in a statement opening the report. In terms of carbon emissions ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... of companies and their registries, the study also noted differing practices regarding vote exclusions (particularly on capital raising resolutions), a low take up of institutional electronic proxy lodgement (around 17%), the lack of an audit trail, and ...