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Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... line managers, 8% of senior executives and 12.8% of directors of Australia's top 200 companies. We see women entering business in numbers that reflect the proportion of female graduates, but as you begin to look at the statistics for female executives ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... purpose of giving listed companies a clear statement of the practices ACSI companies should follow when conducting their business. It also provides superannuation fund trustees with a benchmark to assess the ESG practices of investee companies, particularly ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... ClimateWorks' previous research has found that delaying action on climate change to 2015 would increase the cost for business and households by AU$5.5bn to reach Australia's 5 per cent reduction target in 2020. ClimateWorks Australia is an independent ...

Sensis certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... (NCOS). The certification recognises Sensis' 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 ...

Regnan appoint Amanda Wilson managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... technology - we see companies where, really, you have to doubt that directors understand the technology that underpins the business's performance. For both of those, those are questions of age diversity and skills diversity." The third focus for Regnan ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... investors want disclosed. It gives definitions for boundaries in terms of geography and defined included and excluded business entities such as subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, defines when ESG risks are material under ASX Principle 7, how ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Corporate Social Reporting (ACCSR), a management consulting firm specialising in assisting organisations create responsible business strategies including managing stakeholder relationships. "One of the challenges of social risk is that it has a very ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... annual report to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) since becoming a signatory in 2010. The UNGC is a voluntary business initiative in which signatories commit to aligning their operations and strategies with 10 human rights, labour, environment ...

Mercer's global head of responsible investment business recognised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Jane Ambachtsheer, partner and global head of Mercer's responsible investment business, has been recognised as the honorary recipient of the Social Investment Organization's 2011 Canadian SRI Lifetime Achievement Award. The Social Investment Organization ...

Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... reducing its production greenhouse gas emissions and choosing to offest all remaining emissions association with its business operations. It is the first printing company to be certified carbon neutral under the NCOS carbon neutral program. "Mystique ...