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European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... results. Companies which do not have a diversity policy would have to explain why not. "Today we are proposing important legislation on business transparency across all sectors," said Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier in a statement. ...

Companies advised to manage carbon price future uncertainty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... long-term investments that hinge on the ongoing price of carbon and other measures in the government's Clean Energy Future legislation. The Liberal-National Coalition, which is currently favoured to win the September election based on polling by a variety ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... the IGCC. IGCC also noted the federal government's support for a later review of the RET in 2016. Under the current legislation, the RET is reviewed every second year, but in the 2012 review of the RET, the Climate Change Authority (CCA) recommended ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... corporate action is not a substitute for government policy. The fate of Australia's carbon pricing and clean energy legislation is not certain. There will be a federal election on 14 September, and Tony Abbott, leader of the opposition Liberal coalition ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... investments, and a duty to diversify across a portfolio. "There are three fundamental ways to affect change in this area - legislation, litigation and then there are voluntary codes which in a common law framework often find their way into law," she ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25% or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under the legislation. If a majority of shareholders then vote in favor of getting rid of the board, directors will face fresh elections ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... anti-corruption regimes through the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act 2010. These pieces of legislation can impact on Australian and New Zealand organisation with international operations or who deal with US and UK-based firms. ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... agreed that it would drop its floor price on the post-fixed price trading period that begins in 2015. Originally, the legislation stipulated a floor price of AU$15/tonne. Currently, EU ETS credits are trading around EUR5/tonne. But even as there is lingering ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... that regional arrangement with B Lab. We will be increasing our advocacy and also looking to see how we can influence legislation to help promote change in Australia and the region." Net Balance recently announced a merger with sustainable procurement ...

Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... producing inputs to these technologies. The CEFC will work in tandem with other pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. Heidrick & Struggles had been engaged to assist the CEFC ...

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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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