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Women On Boards and Abacus to develop women leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Women on Boards is partnering with Abacus - Australian Mutuals, the industry body for Australian credit unions, to improve professional development and leadership opportunities for women working in mutuals. Ruth Medd The partnership between Women on ...

ASX report shows companies' progress on gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
More than half of 211 ASX-listed companies have established a gender diversity policy as recommended by ASX Principle 3, according to a KPMG survey commissioned by the ASX. Ruth Medd The ASX survey showed that 61% of the 211 companies established gender ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Sustainability reports provide external parties such as investors the opportunity to assess a company's performance to long term goals, and provides stakeholders with an opportunity to engage with the process of achieving sustainable targets, said panellists ...

La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... indicators as part of its strategic plan for future development. The university links sustainability goals to its overall strategy of providing education.

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... to remember that companies also need integrated thinking i.e. embedding sustainability into their decision-making and strategy, as the precursor to successful integrated reporting." The survey also showed that over 80% of respondents believe that integrated ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... investors globally are conducting climate change risk assessments of portfolios, with 26% making changes to their investment strategy or decision-making as a result, according to a Mercer study commissioned by international climate change investor bodies. ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
With retailer Woolworths Limited facing a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) over a move to change the company's constitution to limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 maximum bets, another distributor, Metcash, faced media allegations ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... picture going forward," said Anton Roux, Roux, director of programs, ADC Forum, the report's co-author.. "There is a grand strategy deficit, a leadership deficit, if you will. But if you look at the longer term, from that picture and strategy, you get ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... "Overcoming this problem does not necessarily mean that Australia governments should be trying to 'pick winners' as a strategy; this has historically penalised competitive companies and sectors and propped up weaker ones," the report said "The shortcomings ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government has launched a $70m Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package, aimed at developing technologies and processes to aid the coal industry. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The package provides funding for three areas ...