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Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... "steadying arm" to the invisible hand of the free market, said Jane Diplock, director, Singapore Exchange. Speaking at the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting, Diplock suggested that integrated ...

Corporate sustainability a vehicle for value creation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... at a series of seminars in several cities in Australia in May. The two-day programs are held in conjunction with the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility. See Also: Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... to implementing responsible investment (RI,) and how PRI can assist its signatories in the process. Performance of Australian PRI signatories versus average principle scores of signatories. Graphic courtesy of UNPRI JG: In terms of Australian investors ...

Government grants $1.9m for geothermal exploration study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Technologies at the University of Sydney to develop machine learning algorithms, and the Schools of Earth Science at the Australian National University, University of Melbourne and University of Adelaide to apply these methods to the problem of geothermal ...

Women only 19% of superannuation fund trustee boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... trustee boards because women make up 46% of superannuation fund members, said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), an industry body representing Australia's AU$450bn not-for-profit superannuation ...

Proxy voting error results in Emeco AGM double-count

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... percentages of the "against" vote are important because of the two strikes rule. Under the two-strikes rule, shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which will be piloted in Australia from July, and second, that the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) introduce rules that will make listed companies publish what they pay governments, in line with ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... clients are asking for advice and information about issues including methodologies, transitioning to the CFI and to Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) and eligible and excluded activities, said Elisa de Wit, partner and head of climate change at Norton ...

ASIC renews call for better remuneration disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) say that companies can still improve their disclosures of executive and director remuneration. ASIC have reviewed a sample of 50 remuneration reports from ASX300 companies for the financial ...

Strong overseas interest in EUA structure, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... spoke at an Austrade seminar in Munich to raise awareness of commercial opportunities for European companies in the Australian green building market, with the purpose of stimulating jobs and economic activity in Australia. Bocskay will speak on the retrofit ...