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Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... votes voted by shareholders tally with the number of votes tabled at a general meeting. Vas Kolesnikoff, CEO of the Australian Shareholders Association, said the ASA would shortly launch an initiative to allow small shareholders to lodge a standard proxy ...

Consumers doubt energy retailers' "green" credentials

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
A bigger problem for retailers, though, is the fact that only 13.2% of respondents believe the sustainability and socially responsible messages that electricity providers portray on their website and marketing. Nearly half - 47.8% - reported a neutral ...

ACSI recommend against News Corp board re-election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has recommended that superannuation funds invested in News Corporation vote against the re-election of six of the company's executive directors in the upcoming annual general meeting. "Progress ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... as a material issue for the company, DEXUS said it outperformed in 18 of the top 19 categories of the Towers Watson Australian National Norm and in several categories of the Global High Performing Norm. In the second half of 2011, DEXUS implemented a ...

Regulatory barriers slowing cogeneration technology usage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... and trigeneration - combined cooling, heat and power - offer "significant" environmental and economic benefits to the Australian building industry. But "a complex and burdensome connection process and regulatory barriers that inhibit them from deploying ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Eds note: article has been revised to include comment from Ian Woods of AMP Capital. The Australian apparel and retailers industry is exposed to social risks through their supply chain, both in South East Asia and at home, and companies and their investors ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... lost momentum," the report said. "There was a significant decline in end user, from 62.3 to 51.8, indicating that many Australian ICT users may be suffering from 'green fatigue' or initiatives have failed to become institutionalised. This is further ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... significant exposure to renewable energy generation. IFM owns Pacific Hydro, a renewable energy company, through its Australian Infrastructure Fund. IFM took Pacific Hydro private in 2005 and it represents the single largest asset across its global infrastructure ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... which present the leaders of the Global 500 in carbon performance and disclosure respectively. Westpac was the only Australian corporation to figure in the top 10, but National Australia Bank was ranked in the CPLI and also the CDLI, and noted for three ...

Investors urge adoption of carbon legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... stronger international agreement. It's time to get on with the job." The IGCC is a collaborative body representing Australian and New Zealand institutional investors with more than AU$600bn in assets under management. IGCC members "recognise that the ...

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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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