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ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
ASX50 companies are identifying sustainability-related megaforces that will impact their businesses' future, but most companies focus on tactical rather than strategic responses to those megatrends, according to a report from the Global Reporting Initiative ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
More than 11% of ASX200 non-executive board positions are held by directors who own no shares in the company, which the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) says goes counter to ACSI's expectation that directors will have "skin in the ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Responsible investment Australian equity funds outperformed the ASX300 index and the Australian equity peer group over one and three year time periods, according to researcher Lonsec. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst, Lonsec Lonsec released ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has informed superannuation fund trustees that materiality is part of the board's risk management declaration, widening the scope of risks that trustees must disclose to the prudential regulator. ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Six Australian companies have been named to CDP's Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014. CDP selected 187 companies globally that exhibit leadership through action to mitigate climate change, and found that as an index, those companies outperform ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has hired Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager. Armstrong will manage LGS' Local Government Property Fund (LGPF), an unlisted fund comprised of nine NSW commercial, retail and industrial property assets - five office ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
The average total statutory pay package of ASX200 CEOs was AU$4.84 million in 2013, which is 63 times average earnings, a 33% drop below the 2007 peak of 94 times average earnings, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
The disconnect between corporate and societal value is disappearing, and companies are recognising that externalities are part of how they create value, according to a new report from KPMG. Chi Woo, KPMG Australia partner KPMG has recently released ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) as S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM announce the results of the 2013 DJSI review. CBA was one of the largest additions to the DJSI this year, with Dow Jones ...

Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
A total of 43 ASX200 companies assured their sustainability data in 2013, according to research from Net Balance that also finds an emerging trend of companies assuring human rights disclosures in addition to environmental data. This is Net Balance's ...