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Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
Chi Woo, KPMG There is growing acceptance that Australian companies should report ESG factors to their shareholders, and a call by stakeholders for greater depth and clarity in the information reported. Sustainability reporting has been hampered by ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
Australian institutional investors have for the first time asked 60 publicly listed companies to disclose their water exposure, but are not yet convinced that exposure to water scarcity will have a material impact on investments in the medium term ...

Mercer expands ESG consulting capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Prior to that, he was company secretary at the Australian Wheat Board. "In this investment environment, clients are particularly interested in the specialist advice that Mercer can ...

Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... before the end of the fixed-price period. The Investors Group on Climate Change (IGCC), an organisation representing Australian and New Zealand investors with $600bn in funds under management, welcomed the announcement. "We know that the longer we wait ...

"Two Strikes" policy for directors over executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
Australian shareholders will have the right to a "two strikes and you're out" test to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25 per cent or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under legislation introduced ...