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ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... a production capacity of 304.5MW of green energy, equivalent to the energy needs of 205,000 Australian households, the company said. Australia's ability to encourage companies like ACCIONA to develop renewable energy capacity is an important part of ...

Sensis certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon offset programs to manage the environmental footprint of both Sensis' business operations and their products. The company invests in "a range of international carbon offset projects, including investments in renewable energy, cook stoves, heat ...

Women make strides in recent board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... all new appointments to ASX200 boards so far this year, according to research compiled by the Australian Institute of Company Directors. However, overall, women only make up 12.7% of directors on ASX200 listed companies. The Institute released this data ...

Regnan appoint Amanda Wilson managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... and skills diversity." The third focus for Regnan is executive pay and remuneration and the flow-on consequences for a company for large pay and remuneration packages for CEOs in terms of increased wage costs throughout a company. Wilson's former roles ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... rating agencies, and key performance indicators (KPI). "The focus is somewhat on KPIs, but as we see it, 25% of what a company can provide us are KPIs. IF we only focus on the KPIs, it's a very poor result. That's why we also include policy questions ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... are material under ASX Principle 7, how companies should identify, manage and communicate ESG risks, and how and when a company should report. The guide also lays out environmental and social issues into four themes, while stating that investors' expectations ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... estimate assistance for a broad set of EITE industries and companies, and to estimate the net impacts of the carbon price on company earnings, having taken this assistance into account. In total, we have estimated assistance and earnings impacts for ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... our clients is in the allocation of carbon liability and the ability to transfer that liability within or outside the company group," Anderson said. "The draft legislation largely mirrors the carbon liability proposals contained in the package released ...

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 ...