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CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... reporting structure for listed companies. IR can help organisations undertake integrated thinking as part of a change management process that overcomes the corporate tendency to operating in silos according to function, she said. "The value of integrated ...

Graham Dooley new president of Australian Water Association

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... board member of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia and the chairman of the Salisbury Water Management Board in Adelaide. Dooley takes over from Lucia Cade who completed her two-year term as AWA president. Dooley holds a Bachelor ...

Budget to cut ARENA funding, bring forward money to CTIP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... in place." CTIP was started last year. Energetics specialises in advisory services for business, energy and carbon management, and has assisted around 40 clients in putting in proposals to CTIP, with 11 so far obtaining about AU$15 million in capital ...

VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... tobacco products imposing a significant burden on society in terms of health care and environmental costs, the board and management team at VicSuper feel it is the right decision to move away from investing in this industry." STC is the trustee board ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... companies are Abacus Property Group, Cudeco, Carsales.com, Fleetwood Corp, Iress, Karoon Gas Australia, Platinum Asset Management and The Reject Shop. "For the laggards, it's really to say to them, you are not anywhere near the peer group," said Ann ...

ESG risks impact transport sector earnings, share price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Investors will also speak with NGOs and unions to augment their analysis as well. "You get more insights when you speak to management and that's an important part of the ESG research - it's not just relying on the public disclosure and the statistics ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability solution to assist with compliance obligations and voluntary actions, and as a value add to our carbon and energy management services, has grown substantially," Smale said. See Also: Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) will this year create a global responsible investment committee (GRIC) and an ESG risks committee to assess ESG risk exposures across asset classes. GRIC will be chaired by CEO Mark Lazberger, CFSGAM ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... financial losses caused by the impacts of climate change. "Superannuation funds have faith in the superannuation fund management system and believe that they can jump off of the train just before the crash comes," he said. "They still have faith in their ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... end on policy from our Asian neighbours. Those companies with long thin supply chains generally had good supply chain management and then also good climate change adaptation." The three firms that carried out the research engaged with senior executive ...