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Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index ('CDLI') and the CDP 2012 ASX200 Carbon Performance Leadership Index ('CPLI') - Commonwealth Property Office Fund, CFS Retail Property Trust, Mirvac Group, National Australia Bank and Insurance Australia Group. Qantas ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia reported an increase in retail customer satisfaction of 79%, a 4% jump from last year, as well as increases in gender diversity and community program funding in its most recent sustainability report. Commonwealth Bank ...

OECD criticises low enforcement of foreign bribery law

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... ensure that corporations cannot avoid criminal liability in practice; improve co-ordination and case referral among commonwealth and state authorities; tap into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) expertise in fighting corporate ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... companies, Ownership Matters found errors at varying points in the cycle. In one case, a vote on two resolutions at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia meeting, "a custodial voting agent incorrectly offered the investor an 'abstain option,' when CBA's proxy ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... under GRESB criteria. GRESB highlighted as sector leaders Colonial First State Global Asset Management (GFSGAM)'s Commonwealth Property Office Fund, the GPT Group, considered retail for the purposes of the survey, Stockland for residential, Australian ...

The UpSide Interview: Geoff Sinclair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... the British Council and supporting partners Norton Rose, the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Investor Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Business Australia.

Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... initiative of the Banking and Finance Ethics Panel, a working group led industry representatives including AMP Capital, Commonwealth Bank, MLC and Morgan Stanley, among others, under the aegis of the St James Ethics Centre. It is a registered company ...

The UpSide interview: Prof. Michael Grubb

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... the British Council and supporting partners Norton Rose, the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Investor Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Business Australia.

Transparency International publishes anti-corruption report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Banking, with an 88% score, was the fourth most transparent global financial services and had an overall score of 6.3. Commonwealth Bank was judged to have a 38% score for transparency on anti-corruption programmes and an overall score of 3.1. "The best ...

The UpSide interview: Dr Fraser Thompson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... the British Council and supporting partners Norton Rose, the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Investor Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Business Australia.