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ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... scored at 8%. ACCA and Net Balance relied on publicly disclosed reports as the basis of their research. "The majority of Australian companies have a long way to go before they're in a position to acknowledge the importance of non-financial factors in ...

Government extends deadlines for Solar Flagship Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government has extended the tender process for grants to its Solar Flagship Program, designed to fund the construction of a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power station. Resources, Energy and Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson announced ...

City of Melbourne to hold EUA sessions for building sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... speak 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 ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry will give a keynote address at the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s fifth annual conference on the state of corporate social responsible in Australia. Henry, who is also a non-executive ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... for each credit in a surrender charge. To some, the concept of the price floor and the surrender charge is flawed and Australian liable entities should be able to freely trade in offsets sold in other markets without paying the government the difference. ...

Henry Davis York reports increase in pro bono, energy and travel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... paper usage, which is reduced to 1% when normalised for revenue growth. Henry Davis York is a founding member of the Australian Legal Sector Alliance.

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Given the Australian and global push to transition to a low carbon economy by attracting private investment, the Low Carbon Finance Working Group (LCFWG) of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) is engaging with the government on the set-up and ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... fund undertook a review of asset classes to determine their climate change risks, including the introduction of the Australian government's carbon price in mid-2012. "To better understand this carbon risk we commissioned the global carbon consultancy ...

Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... MyState Limited, and chair of the Solar Flagships Council. Membership of the council also includes the chairs of the Australian Energy Market Commission, the Australian Energy Regulator and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... research was used by analysts, broadening the distribution outside of the sustainable funds and into the fundamental Australian equities and towards the credit teams, Woods said. As part of the process, analysts at AMP are increasingly asking companies ...

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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

KARREN VERGARA
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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