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Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... "Water security could be a key issue for a number of issues," Adams said. "I wonder how many have identified that as a key risk. If you're not talking to the relevant bodies and authorities and stakeholders, you could miss that. I think that is an interesting ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the short-term behaviour of their agents. The paper cites several ways in which ESG considerations can impact on drivers of risk and return, from climate change's impact on bottom lines and increased costs of carbon regulations, to companies' reliance ...

AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
AGL has won three awards at the Australian Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Reporting Awards - the top prize of Best Sustainability Report as well as Best Sustainability Reporting of an ASX 50 Company and Best Sustainability Reporting ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the development of these new abatement technologies. The scale of the existing investment is already high and there is a risk that the funds in the government's support package will be insufficient to ensure the widespread deployment of these abatement ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... listed companies. "Governance assists companies to prevent surprises which are often brought about by narrow conceptions of risk and leadership failures particularly where weak boards with dominant CEO's provide insufficient checks and balances," Byrne ...

Regnan appoint Amanda Wilson managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) into mainstream decision making. "One of our focuses is on carbon, and making sure that the risk exposure to the uncertain regulatory regime is understood," she said. "A second focus is on diversity - not just ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... sell the building. On the other hand, the downside is that investing in a building that's inefficient there is the downside risk of lower growth." While higher standards for new buildings ensure developments with energy, waste and water savings metrics ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the last four years, our research in sustainability reporting has shown that while many companies have made progress on ESG risk reporting, most still struggle to grasp the concept of ESG risk exposure, how to measure it and how to manage it," said Ann ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... urbanization is good." The other issue that Hodgson is thinking about is the imbalances in the global economic system and the social risk that that can pose. "One of my hobby horses is that there are imbalances everywhere," he said. "Imbalances cause ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon liabilities and fails to pay the shortfall penalty, then the operator will pay that penalty. This is an additional risk to the operator," Anderson said. "Another issue to be aware of is that only liable entities can surrender carbon permits to ...