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Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... companies are exposed to human rights risks in their overseas operations, and almost all of those companies have inadequate management systems in place to mitigate those exposures, a study by Net Balance has found. Net Balance, which conducted the research ...

ACSI recommend against News Corp board re-election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Byrne said. ACSI, a collaborative body representing superannuation funds with a collective AU$250bn in assets under management, has previously called for the appointment of a genuinely independent chair and for the board to replace family members, affiliated ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... entire portfolio. DEXUS owns, manages and develops office, industrial and retail properties with total properties under management of more than A$13bn, primarily in Australia and the US. In its 2011 annual review, DEXUS reported on financial and non-financial ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability, but secondly the financial issues." The report further notes that one of the biggest challenges to supply chain management relates to sub-contracting - once an Australian retailer has signed a contract with a supplier, the work might ...

GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... standards specific to the construction and real estate sectors, demonstrating how companies can report carbon emissions, management and remediation of contaminated land, and sub-contracted labour issues, among other areas. GRI's Construction and Real ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance risk considerations have evolved from a fringe area of investment management to become mainstream calculations. But asset owners and managers are seeking further integration into fixed income and cash asset allocations ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... to the proposed carbon pricing regime presented in the government's Clean Energy Future legislation. Industry Funds Management has a significant exposure to renewable energy generation. IFM owns Pacific Hydro, a renewable energy company, through its ...

Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... scramble in a different way to set up systems around carbon accounting. The packages are either stand-alone carbon management pieces or that bolt-ons with the finance reporting software. Then you have the accounting and sustainability consultancies that ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... senior executive oversight for climate change, up from 85% in 2010, demonstrating the importance of climate change as a management issue. The report noted that the energy sector has the lowest proportion of companies with targets - 55%, or 22 companies ...

Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an edge"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... clients. We try and communicate what specific companies are doing with social issues." Goodland pointed to human capital management as one area of social consideration. "We believe there are direct benefits from workplace equality, flexible working arrangements ...