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AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... of the "two strikes" rule, there is increased engagement with companies. 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' vote of ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Action initiative, the letters were sent on behalf of 92 pension funds, asset managers, insurers and banks, including 12 Australian institutions. The Carbon Action initiative works in parallel to CDP's annual request for disclosure of greenhouse gas ...

Proposed disclosure measures for corporate bonus clawbacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... rule to vote down the remuneration report and potentially spill the board. 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' vote ...

Australian Ethical appoints Louise Herron director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed Louise Herron as a non-executive director. Herron, a lawyer and corporate adviser, is currently executive director of corporate advisory firm Ironbark Group, which she co-founded in 2007. She has worked as ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... CSR practitioners is to find the areas where businesses can use social needs as a source of profit generation. The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility's (ACCSR) fifth annual conference was "the innovation imperative" and discussed how ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are investigating Leighton Holdings over payments that may have been made by a subsidiary company "in connection with work to expand offshore loading facilities for Iraq's crude oil exports." But Duncan Paterson ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... derived from enhancing corporate reputation, reducing risk and facilitating regulatory compliance, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). Out of a list of 13 possible drivers of CSR practices, innovation ranked ...

Australian Ethical names new chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
David Macri has been named Australian Ethical's new chief investment officer, while outgoing CIO James Jordan has decided to return to his career in the Australian public service. Macri was hired by Australian Ethical in 2009 as an equities analyst ...

Chloe Munro named head of Clean Energy Regulator

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... administering the carbon price mechanism, the National Greenhouse Energy Reporting Scheme, the Renewable Energy Target, the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units and the Carbon Farming Initiative. Munro is the current chair of the National ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... rules and the most robust rules from the legal point of view," Thomas said. "Failing that, we would like to have [The Australian Securities and Investments Commission] ASIC or the ASX, in the case of listed companies, to issue clear guidelines or rules ...