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Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... use of remuneration consultants and directors will be prohibited from participating in votes on remuneration of key management personnel. "As a major reform to the non-binding vote, the two strikes test attracted a great deal of attention when it was ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... angle - for example, with the household biogas project, monitoring 40,000 households is difficult and we rely on a good management team to oversee the project." If COzero is an example of commoditizing carbon through generating offsets, a recently announced ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... precautionary approach. We also had concerns about the impact on the community and the fracking itself but the issue was water management." Australian Ethical is exposed to natural gas through investments in pipeline and distribution companies such as ...

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... arrangements for the resources sector against EITI principles, considered a global benchmark for natural resource revenue management. The EITI pilot will start 1 July 2012 and the AU$500,000 cost will be funded by the Department of Resources, Energy ...

Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Health and Safety (OHS) Strategy," according to the report. "We also had no non-conformances in the annual external OHS Management System audit against the National Audit Tool in September 2010. The audit was conducted across Business Units in Sydney ...

Stockland increases green star ratings, reduces water use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... type of work; and not enough challenge or stretch in the job." The company also reported that the number of women in management roles increased from 35 to 37%. The company introduced two new women's development programs - the Future Women Leaders Program ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... providers and shareholders, who both have a shared interest in the good corporate governance through all those risk management issues - board effectiveness, transparency, governance of the company. They are all part of what the creditors have to bear ...

Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... coal seam gas," he said. "There is a particular amount of interest in how companies are managing risk around water management around the coal seam gas industry." See Also: Companies increasing remuneration report transparency Woodside shareholders reject ...

75% of ASX100 exposed to corruption in high-risk countries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... chances of an ASX200 company with international operations, no stated anti-bribery policy, and/or inadequate anti-bribery management controls becoming embroiled in another large scale corruption scandal over the next five years appear to be substantial." ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Zealand's Tui Field. In preparation for the implementation of the New Zealand ETS, AWE compiled an Emissions Trading Scheme Management Process, which established the data collection procedures and the reporting requirements of the ETS and AWE's obligations ...