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Publish What You Pay reexamining extractive companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... rights, aid, faith-based and environmental organisations, and presses for regulatory changes that will cause oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to governments in the countries in which they operate. Extractive companies that are ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... (CSR) remit and into a key strategic issue. "The large corporate and transnationals are so far ahead and the oil, gas and mining companies are so far ahead," said Gareth Johnston, co-founder of Future Ready and co-author if the report.... In some cases ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... proposition - what is good for Indigenous Australians and good for banks. So far - a lot of support from levels of government and mining companies, but also traditional owners themselves, who, in many ways, have large amounts of money and expectations ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... have released three reports analysing the impacts of climate change, energy cost and carbon risk on investments in the mining and minerals, property and construction, and oil and gas sectors. The likelihood of more than two degrees of global warming ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... ahead of the United States and Canada. In 2012, Chinese investment flows were US$11.4 billion in 2012, with 48% going to mining, 42% in gas, 3% to agriculture and 2% - US$182.6 million - into renewable energy. Over the last six years, Chinese ODI has ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... burned," she noted. "But those reserves are built into stock prices, especially in Australia, given the concentration of mining and extraction companies. To address the long term impacts of climate change, there will need to be a short-term financial ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... with 1 or none," Halliday said. "If you look at the whole market, that trend isn't replicated because a lot of the small mining companies did have some outstanding performance but no women on board. Their outstanding performance may be based on corporate ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... in the circle. Chapman and Marshall both spoke to initiatives addressing employee health - Chapman of Xtrata, which has mining operations in South Africa, pointed to an HIV/AIDS health initiative. Chapman said that when Xtrata began operating in South ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... than 10% of their revenue from areas including "armaments, gambling, nuclear/uranium, old growth logging, tobacco, poor mining practices, questionable workplace practices, and questionable ESG practices," the report said. "The international collaboration ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... emission is strong. The report noted that industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries ...