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NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Spear, head of investor education, AustralianSuper The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has been joined by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) on The Vital Few, a grassroots project that asks people to contact their superannuation fund ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation gets investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... CEFC board to adopt a portfolio benchmark return for fund performance based on a weighted average of the five-year Australian government bond rate, reflecting the long-term nature of the fund's performance. The CEFC will also be able to offer a limited ...

Publish What You Pay reexamining extractive companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... investors and analysts on the current reporting standards. The final report will be an update to PWYP's 2011 report, The Australian Securities Exchange: extractive industry companies and payment disclosure, and will be launched at the Extractive Industries ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Most large Australian companies are struggling to find strategic responses to climate change adaptation challenges, "apparently paralysed by short-term profit first thinking, uncertain political risks and a corporate culture unused to volatility and ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... well. There are a number of managers providing funds into the impact investment sphere already in Australia, and the Australian government is further encouraging the sector's development through DEEWR's AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand companies lag global and UK peers in the Corporate Responsibility Index (CR Index), a leading voluntary benchmark of corporate responsibility. The CR Index ranks and compares companies - public, private, partnerships, franchise ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... companies and investors about the real drivers of long-term performance, risk and value,' said Ann Byrne, CEO of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. "We encourage all Australian listed companies to participate in the consultation, with ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... consider. Producers' social licence to operate has been impacted by the low community cooperation of some players in the Australian market. Public debate has become polarised by the experience of CSG, and campaigns aimed at mobilising institutional investors ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... international politics and the process of renewable energy development. But what I was looking at was what the exposure of the Australian market is, and if you're involved in that as an investor or as a company, what might you do to mitigate risk. You ...

Australian Ethical puts tobacco resolution to TOMRA AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has put forth a shareholder resolution for the annual general meeting of TOMRA, calling on the Norwegian company to cease manufacturing tobacco sorting machines. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director TOMRA manufactures ...