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AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... investment manager. "Constitution changes were the third most common issue," she said in a statement to The Sustainability Report. AustralianSuper did not provide any statistics on the percentage of resolutions they voted against, but noted that the ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... be any adverse financial consequences for Leighton." Leighton Holdings did not respond to a call from The Sustainability Report as of press time. Paterson said that harmonisation of legislation in different countries around the definitions of and penalties ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... declined to put the resolution to shareholders. In a letter to Thomas of Ethinvest that was provided to The Sustainability Report, ANZ Chair John Morschel explained the bank's reasoning. "At ANZ we considered the resolution proposed by Ethinvest very ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
2012 is set to be another full year for sustainability and environmental, social and governance considerations, including events like the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June, we look back at the topics that stirred interest ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... which is often the tack that institutional investors take when addressing the issue with company boards. The Sustainability Report spokes with governance/ESG managers at several institutional investors and superannuation funds, and while none would comment ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Management developed the EUA finance product. Andrew Balzan, head of property finance for NAB previously told The Sustainability Report that the bank will be funding individual projects from $250,000 up to $10m. The City of Melbourne and Sustainable ...

Wesfarmers recognised at Australian Sustainability Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Climate Change, was named the first recipient of the Erik Mather Sustainability Champion award. Eds note: The Sustainability Report attended the Australian Sustainability Award luncheon as a guest of Ethical Investor.

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... to low-carbon investments and fund the growth of the low-carbon economy. Kidney has previously told The Sustainability Report that in later iterations, the CBI will be extending its certification scheme to include broadband projects like the National ...

Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... recording and handling, and we seek to resolve complaints at the first point of contact," the bank said in the sustainability report. "In September 2010, we introduced a frontline customer feedback system called Firstpoint, which allows employees across ...

Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... shareholders have a chance to vote on those issues." A spokesperson for Australian Ethical Investment told The Sustainability Report that details of this year's proposed resolutions and the companies they will address are being finalised for release ...