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Companies exposed to anti-bribery, corruption compliance risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
As Australian companies increase their business overseas, their use of third parties and agents expose them to challenges on anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) compliance, according to a survey report by KPMG International. Gary Gill, partner and head ...

CEFC commits $250m to large scale solar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... social and affordable housing projects. Ted Dow, CEFC CIO CEFC's AU$250 million will complement AU$100 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The AU$350 million will go towards building at least four, and as many as 10 new large-scale ...

CEFC finances Ayers Rock Resort solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... It will reduce the resort's use of trucked-in fuel. Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia received $450,000 from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to analyse and share the learning and expertise gained from the project with industry. Epuron ...

Average CEO pay increased in 2014: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia's 10 highest-paid chief executives collected AU$171.4 million in cash and equity earnings, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investor's annual CEO Pay study. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO Based on statutory reporting, the top ...

Australia/NZ property companies, funds outperform: GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... assets. On the private equity side, the number of reporting entities is 35, up from 34 in 2014, GRESB said in the report. Australian/NZ funds and companies reporting to GRESB have also continued to improve their performance - this year, 76% of the region's ...

GRI, federal government, announce Pacific partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have announced a new partnership to increase corporate transparency in the Indo-Pacific region. DFAT has provided AU$1 million in funding for the ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... that human rights risks must be considered by superannuation fund trustees as part of directors' duties defined under Australian law. HESTA's concerns relate to Transfield's contracts with the Australian government to provide garrison and welfare services ...

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... management at Northern Trust. "We have been funded by US clients, but there has been a great degree of interest from Australian clients as well. We are seeing a tremendous amount of interest in the US - it's all relatively new, in the last 6-12 months ...

Governance Institute appoints Steven Burrell as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... its new chief executive officer. Burrell is the former general manager of communications and public affairs at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and will begin in his new role at the Governance Institute 28 September 2015. "He is ...

HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
HESTA has launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), outlining steps the fund will take to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. HESTA is the first superannuation fund to sign a RAP, which has been endorsed by Reconciliation ...