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ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... financialperformance or outcomes disclosed, taking into account the nature and business of the entity and its business strategy," the ASIC guide said. " For example, environmental risks that may affect an entity's achievement of its financial prospects ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... intangible assets, and that managing a company's reputation with internal and external stakeholders is part of business strategy. "One of the key benefits of sustainability is really increasing the value and strengthening those intangible assets," said ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... part of their annual materiality review process, said Joanna Regan, senior consultant, corporate responsibility (CR) strategy at NAB. "We will go out to various internal and external stakeholders through way of surveys and one-to-one interviews or workshops ...

Vast Solar begins construction on 6MW solar thermal station

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Vast Solar has started construction on a 6MW concentrating solar thermal (CST) pilot project in New South Wales, a first of its kind Australian project. The Jemalong Solar Thermal Station will include three hours' thermal storage, which should enable ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is currently developing an impact investment fund of funds strategy, a response to growing client interest to invest into the space. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM AXA IM has allocated ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... and in Australia has been "values based", but noted that many of the values issues are embedded in long term corporate strategy and questioned if it was more valuable for activist shareholders to press for short-term, reactive action or engagement to ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... energy assets. In addition to the work generating the fossil fuel policy, UCA Funds Management has also been developing a strategy towards positive investments in renewable energy assets, Walsh said. "We created a role of senior investment analyst last ...

Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Sedex Global and OpenCorporates will partner with the World Bank Institute to develop the Open Supply Chain Platform, an initiative aimed at companies' transparency and performance in responsible supply chain data. The Open Supply Chain Platform will ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... and that more companies are engaging with supply chain. Of the 23 companies that disclosed, 91% have a water policy, strategy or plan, and rates of board level oversight of those plans exceeded Global 500 respondents - 78% of ASX respondents reported ...

bankmecu and Swan Hill Credit Union to merge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
bankmecu and Swan Hill Credit Union (SHCU) will merge after SHCU members endorsed the move this week. The merger will enhance bankmecu's presence in regional Victoria and offer the local community a greater range of products, said Damien Walsh, bankmecu ...