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PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... years to the end of March 2012, 98% of Neuberger Berman's equity strategies outperformed their benchmark. Thus far no Australian client has asked a Neuberger Berman team to explicitly manage a mandate to ESG factors, but an increasing number of mandate ...

ASIC affirms October deadline for carbon trading AFS licence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... provide financial services in carbon units under the federal pricing regime have until the end of October to apply to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. Under the government's ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard will establish a two-way trading link between the European and Australian markets, and means that Australian businesses will be able to use European Union units to meet their obligations from ...

CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... non-executive director. Ridout will stand for election at the AGM. "Heather Ridout brings an extensive understanding of Australian industry to the ASX Board," said Rick Holliday-Smith, ASX chairman. "This is an important attribute given our determination ...

ACSI to target exec bonus disclosure, voting rights at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) will focus on increased disclosure of executive bonuses, the 'no vacancy' rule, director elections, capital raising and pre-emptive rights and poll voting as the key issues underpinning the proxy ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Australian retailers need to maintain cost control, including targeting supply chain efficiencies, but those efficiency gains must not come at the expense of the sustainability of the supply chain, according to a report by AMP Capital. Australian retailers ...

The UpSide Interview: Geoff Sinclair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Standard Bank, about how UK banks have made profits out of the Clean Development Mechanism, and the implications for Australian banks. 09. The Upside - Geoff Sinclair from Hunter Gatherer on Vimeo. Kimmorley presents this interview, one in a series of ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... industries lag the mining and extractives sector in this recognition. "In the extractive industries, including the Australian mining industry, there is long-standing experience of the impacts of mining on the natural habitat. Around a quarter of the ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability at the US Studies Centre and chancellor of the University of Adelaide. He is a former chairman of the Australian Carbon Trust and served as federal minister for the environment from 1996 to 2002. He was a Liberal senator from 1981 to 2006 ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
ANZ is a leader both in Australia and internationally for the development, strategy and delivery of financial inclusion and capability programs, according to a third-party review of the bank. According to the review by the Allen Consulting Group, ANZ's ...