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Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... commentators. Stephen Hale According to the survey, half of respondents rated the effectiveness of government departments' communication poorly, and the other half called it "adequate." No respondents labelled governmental communication as effective ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... assistant director - environmental policy at MCA. "There's a clear environment and social case as it relates to communication of water use and improving water management. It's obvious that we need a consistent reporting to enable things like benchmarking ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... feedback from investors is that they're expressing a degree of concern and alarm over the path the company took around communication with the resolution." Paterson said. "Even though the resolution achieved a disappointingly low proportion of the vote ...

Fiona Reynolds to take PRI managing director role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Fiona Reynolds has resigned as CEO of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) to take a job as managing director of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Fiona Reynolds The newly created position will see Reynolds work ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... signalling that they would like to discuss potential methodologies with applicants prior to submission, and using two-way communication through the application procession. "There are a number of areas that are critical - the first is project scope - ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... shareholders. Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm that specialises in responsible investment services, received communication from clients as a result of the reports, said Trevor Thomas, managing director. "We have had clients contacting us regarding ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... there is information available because of the Carbon Disclosure Project." What we're not really seeing is clear communication from companies as to how they're going to manage the implications of the carbon price going forward. What evolutions will it ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Shareholders of Australian Ethical have voted to keep the existing board and executive management in place, rejecting a series of resolutions put to a general meeting. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director The resolutions had been brought ...

ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... decrease of two, while the number of ASX200 companies outside the top 100 remained at seven. "Despite ACSI's annual communication with ASX200 company chairmen regarding their reporting level and the importance of sound disclosure around sustainability ...

IIRC to publish integrated reporting framework in 2013

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... measurements of capitals, and the cultural differences in the definition of "value". "It is right that companies' communication with investors and other stakeholders reflects the full range of factors that contribute to the creation of sustainable value," ...