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Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... and indirect emissions categories of ISO16064-1, according to guidance from the British government accompanying the legislation's passage. Companies will not have to report on scope 3 emissions, "However, you should consider reporting these separately ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... time. Either the government will have to respond very quickly to the report, or they're going to have to work off the legislation at the moment for the caps, which has a long term trajectory of 5% by 2020. That's potentially doable, but in terms of the ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... cap on pollution and it helps to manage/insure that targets are actually met." Under the current Clean Energy Future legislation, Australia's carbon pricing mechanism will be a fixed price of $23/tonne of CO2 emissions generated by liable entities until ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... and some oil and gas producers are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of a repeal of Australia's carbon pricing legislation after the September federal election. Headed by Elaine Prior director/analyst carbon, environment and ESG at Citi Investment ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... standards for Canadian extractive companies and Switzerland said it was also considering the possibility of similar legislation. "The rest of the world is acting on mandatory disclosure, and with the announcements from Canada and Switzerland, Australia ...

Australia to consider country-level payment disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... increases transparency around governance and social responsibility. The Australian government will shortly introduce legislation amending taxation law that will permit the disclosure of how much large listed companies pay to the Australian government ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... safe harbour provision to their business judgment rule as pertains to forward-looking statements. Despite calling for legislation permitting a safe harbour provision, CSA does not support making IR a mandated reporting structure for listed companies. ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... opposition Coalition has pledged to shut down the CEFC and repeal most of the Gillard government's Clean Energy Future legislation, including the carbon pricing mechanism. But Yates notes that both Coalition and Labor agree that Australia need to transition ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... institutional investor is that they are a highly regulated industry and basically set up under a particular type of legislation to fulfil their function - to create savings for workers. There's a big question mark as to how, given the way in which they ...

Publish What You Pay reexamining extractive companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... that, we are also doing a survey of investors and analysts to see what they thought of introducing payment disclosure legislation in Australia to see if they think it would be beneficial to assess risk of extractive companies. " PWYP Australia is a multi-party ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

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While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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