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Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... "We've said in our submission, you can use this to lay the foundations, adopt the financial elements from the Canadian legislation, bring it into line with the EU and US, and publish annually, in one document. We put that forward, made a cased as strong ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25% or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under the legislation. If a majority of shareholders then vote in favour of getting rid of the board, directors will face fresh elections ...

Proposed disclosure measures for corporate bonus clawbacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... remuneration if they were the result of a material misstatement in the company's financial statements, under proposed legislation announced by Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer David Bradbury. The announced reforms will amend the Corporations ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Holdings did not respond to a call from The Sustainability Report as of press time. Paterson said that harmonisation of legislation in different countries around the definitions of and penalties for bribery, corruption and practices like facilitation ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... redress to clarify the process under which shareholders can put resolutions to the AGM. "The best option would be to get legislation in place to give the clearest rules and the most robust rules from the legal point of view," Thomas said. "Failing that ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... certainty to allow liable companies to manage their future liabilities. Under the government's Clean Energy Future legislation, from July 2015 to June 2018, the price of offsetting a tonne of carbon emissions will be priced within a relative band - a ...

Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... government has made four appointments to the Energy Security Council, a body established as part of the Clean Energy Future legislation to advise on measures to address energy security risks. Ross Bunyon, Nancy Fox, Stephen Parbery and Michael Perry ...

KPMG: companies should review anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... understand what is or isn't a bribe or a facilitation payment. People perceive it as a cash thing - it's not only cash. UK legislation talks about "advantage" not cash. It could include paying for entertainment, travel and things like that could fall ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... the Clean Energy Future package: Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry With companies ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... space tenancies. "The other two are mainly office buildings, and it's good to have 123 Queen Street," he said. "The legislation applies to all 'predominately non-residential', buildings, which wider than what we sought under the modelling." EUAs are ...