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GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund for Western Australia public sector employees, will drop its MY plan - Responsible Investments Australian Shares option from March 2012. GESB launched the investment option in 2007, and it is managed by AMP Capital Investors, according ...

KPMG: companies should review anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Companies with international operations will need to review their anti-corruption and anti-bribery policies if the Australian government removes the "facilitation payments" defence from laws. David Luijerink, KPMG forensic partner In November, the government ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... disclosure of asset holdings in conjunction with the Financial Services Council (FSC) that they will submit in June to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Both ASFA and FSC say they are in favour of increased disclosure of how ...

Australian Ethical names exec director business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed Steve Newnham executive director, business development. Newnham has been a director of Australian Ethical for the past year, said Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical's managing director. Newnham will work on developing ...

GBCA certifies record 100 Green Star projects for 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... even during a challenging market. "The high number of Green Star certifications this year reflects the maturity in the Australian green building market and demonstrates that, even when financial conditions are uncertain, Green Star can still be relied ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... regulatory impacts, most strongly related to the carbon pricing scheme," said Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Reporting (ACCSR). "Basically, addressing the impact of the carbon pricing scheme is among the ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June, we look back at the topics that stirred interest in 2011. The Australian Parliament in October and November 2011 passed an historic package of initiatives paving the way for market-based pricing ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... lucky from the accounts afterwards," Lawrence said. "From 2008-2010 the total cut of the AU$100bn raised was AU$2bn. Australian retirement savings made a material contribution to repairing the balance sheets of investment bankers.... Placements are a ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to Donate" initiative, enabling customers to donate AU$5 to the NZ and/or Japan earthquakes, in partnership with the Australian Red Cross and "Be.interactive." Altogether, the company disclosed contributions of AU$6.18m towards community as defined by ...

Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... was partly impacted by Indonesia government in quarter 1, but most significantly around May and June when we saw the Australian government impose the live export ban, which took us the best part of three months to reopen the market, and that had a significant ...