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Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... performed an employee engagement survey, with a result of 80%, which the bank said puts in within the top quartile of the global banking industry. However, voluntary employee turnover increased slightly over 2011 at 12.9%, up from 12.65% in 2011. Lost ...

Rann steps down as chairman of Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... commissioner to the United Kingdom. Martijn Wilder, a director of Low Carbon Australia and head of Baker and Mackenzie's global climate change and emissions trading practice has been appointed the new chairman. "Mr Rann's guidance and assistance in the ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... land, and our soil is no longer adequate for food production, this will have significant impact on our ability to feed the global economy. We have seen with the CFI and some of the other Australian initiatives that this will be something that helps overcome ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... intensive industries, said Hugh Dougherty, head of manager research for Towers Watson in Australia and a member of the Global Sustainable Investments team. "The difficulty institutions have in Australia is where we're all exposed to rising carbon prices ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... reputational damage. "As emissions and temperatures rise, so do the costs of adaptation and the risks of getting it wrong. For a global temperature rise of less than 2 degrees Celsius, climate impacts must at the very least be integrated to infrastructure ...

Low Carbon Australia finances stadium lighting upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... 28%. The Central Coast Youth Club (CCYC) on the outskirts of Gosford, NSW, has installed a AU$50,000 lighting system by Global Sustainability Initiatives (GSI). The multi-lamp high technology reflector lighting was installed in the basketball courts ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund trustees are exposed to legal risks in the event of financial losses caused by the impacts of climate change, according to a report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). While superannuation and pension funds have an understanding ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... no change in number of companies with board-level oversight of water strategies. CDP invited 318 companies from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (Global 500) to participate in the 2012 Global Water Report, because they operate in water-intensive sectors ...

AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... integrating ESG into investment processes can augment decision making. Matt Christensen Matt Christensen, AXA IM's Paris-based global head of responsible investment, is in Australia this week to launch the research. The investment manager conducted an ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... expecting, full stop." The fact that governance is the top material issue cited by stakeholders is an affirmation of the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) decision to introduce changes to the forthcoming G4 guidelines that will require increased reporting ...