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Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... has increased the need for companies to behave in accordance with their sustainability policies to minimise reputational risk. He also cited the backlash that Harvey Norman co-founder Gerry Harvey saw after he announced a campaign to have the goods and ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... here will depend on China and Europe and how fungible offsets are. There could be arbitrage opportunities, and that is a risk, but it will depend on the eligibility requirements around certification." Sydney-headquartered COzero is both a buyer of offsets ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The New South Wales based Local Government Super (LGS) has completed a retrofit of a Sydney commercial property that will reduce the building's emissions reduced by approximately 85% and allow the building to operate independently of the electricity ...

Ownership Matters hires Marty Chung

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Ownership Matters (OM) has appointed Marty Chung as a senior governance analyst. Chung joins Dean Paatsch, Martin Lawrence and Simon Connal as part of the OM team that is focused on the governance of Australian companies and capital markets. Chung previously ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... replied. "The majority of companies considered it very likely, and on occasion virtually certain that the carbon pricing risk impact would materialise," the report said. "Noteworthy, particularly in light of many public discussions, the anticipated magnitude ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... have to balance those returns against the environmental risks of the mining process, particularly to water supplies, the risk of new and more costly regulation, and the social and reputational risks that come as stakeholders raise objections to coal ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... "Supply chain sustainability has three principal benefits," according to the report "Firstly, it addresses internal business risk, secondly it adds value to the business itself and thirdly it has the potential to benefit stakeholders (both individuals ...

MSCI to collaborate on Access to Nutrition Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
MSCI will provide research and analysis for the Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) Project, a collaboration between the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Wellcome Trust, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The ATNI Project's goal ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... might say, this is a bond of very short maturity - I'm not going to apply an ESG rating to this because I don't think the risk will come during the next year," he said. "These are different ways that clients could deploy the ratings to suit their own ...

Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... front, the key issue has been coal seam gas," he said. "There is a particular amount of interest in how companies are managing risk around water management around the coal seam gas industry." See Also: Companies increasing remuneration report transparency ...