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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 ...

GRI releases oil and gas sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and gas sector, providing a framework for disclosure of sustainability performance on metrics including environmental management, health and safety and emergency preparedness. The Oil and Gas Sector Supplement is aimed at companies and organizations ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Concerns over executive remuneration and incentive plans led institutional investors AMP Capital and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VMFC) to cast proxy votes against resolutions during 2011. Governance managers at both institutions also ...

WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... in which a company embodies the attributes in amber, plus has good representation of women on boards and/or senior management, evidence of progress, good data reportage and adoption of Principle 3. WOB found that only 35 of the 82 companies scored 2.2 ...

IGCC and others launch second global investor survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... the investment industry, governments and companies." Last year, 90 institutional investors with combined assets under management of AU$21tr participated in the survey. Investors participate in the survey to compare themselves to industry best practices. ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Project (CDP) has sent letters to the CEOs of 415 of the largest companies around the world, calling for cost-effective management and reductions of their carbon emissions. As part of the CDP's Carbon Action initiative, the letters were sent on behalf ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Queensland," O'Faircheallaigh said. "They don't. There is very strong evidence that there is a cost minimisation/risk management approach. What I want to stress is the huge opportunity cost of this approach. That's a major point. There is an enormous ...