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Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... will increase, as will expectations that companies find emission reduction opportunities." Beyond just certainty of pricing risk, there are new opportunities for investment in clean technology, renewables and infrastructure projects such as gas-fired ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... interesting to go into the policies that companies have and see how well developed they are, in terms of human resources, risk management, etc. Is it that those companies have more robust policies and governance overall in everything that they do, and ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... environmental and the social and also they can look at the social and environmental performance in addition to the financial risk and return. But they can't ignore the financial risks, of which there are many." The AU$450m Christian Super superannuation ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the council did agree to development with the NSW Department of Health to develop a guideline for the preparation of health risk assessments. Other issues included the development of a strategic land use plan, a call to the state government to fast track ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
A systemic fault in proxy vote registrations means that investors have no way of confirming that their votes have been received properly and accurately counted. The final step of the proxy voting process is completed manually by registrars and there ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Lyster, director of Net Balance. Out of the top 100 companies listed on the ASX, 47 had operational exposures to human rights risk. Net Balance analysed those companies to see if they had policies on human rights as part of their governance, to what ...

ACSI recommend against News Corp board re-election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... now-defunct weekly UK tabloid, The News of the World, which "brought into question the effectiveness of systems of oversight and risk management in News Corporation," ACSI said. ACSI acknowledged that the dual classes of shares at News Corp meant that ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... such as when Nike was accused in the 1990s of using child labour in its supply chain. The AMP Capital report notes that the risk of reputational damage versus the reward of outsourcing labour to questionable sources is poor, because labour cost is a ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance risk considerations have evolved from a fringe area of investment management to become mainstream calculations. But asset owners and managers are seeking further integration into fixed income and cash asset allocations ...

Integrated reporting discussion paper released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Business reporting must evolve to account for the changed realities brought about by globalisation and its resulting interdependencies, and increased population growth and increasing global consumption, according to a discussion paper by the International ...