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UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... financial crisis, investors increasingly recognise that improved corporate disclosure of ESG issues leads to better risk management, good governance and enhanced transparency, all of which are necessary to protect long-term returns," said James Gifford ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, which has more than JPY 8tr in assets under management, has set a target range of 7-17% of the total AUM for investment in domestic equities, and part of this allocation will be ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... property group, which owns real estate in the retail, office and industrial/business park sectors, and has a funds management arm as well. GPT noted that during the 2011 financial year, they reduced the average cost of debt to 6.6%, 80 basis points lower ...

Proxy voting error results in Emeco AGM double-count

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... issue of tracking proxy votes also relates to voting exclusions on the remuneration report for related parties of key management personnel. CSA last year wrote an advisory for members on managing voting exclusions at the AGM. "Company secretaries have ...

CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... projects," she said. "There are two aspects to the scale issue - a lot of these projects are too small for the level of management required and they're difficult in terms of proving up the commercial technology.... One of the realities if you're an investment ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... from companies, the revenue they earn from the extraction of their resources, and to consult with civil society on the management of the revenue in sustainable manner. The ASX opened a consultation on listing rules for the mining and extractives industry ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) recently approved a fourth offset methodology - savanna fire management, which "involves the use of controlled fire management across savannas in the fire prone tropical north of Australia to ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... but said that famers will be hampered in trying to pass through higher costs to consumers. "It will take proactive management and reduction," Napier said. "For most of the products coming out of the agricultural industry, the prices are set by the global ...

ASIC renews call for better remuneration disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... where disclosures could be improved - focus are the board's policy on the nature and amount of remuneration of the key management personnel, the non-financial performance conditions in short-term incentive plans, why performance conditions have been ...

Strong overseas interest in EUA structure, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... waste programs, bio-digesters, large engineering firms, product suppliers including green building supply, and building management system providers," he said. "It really was a focus on the built environment, and it was a hot topic." EUAs are agreements ...