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Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... increasing, particularly in developing markets that companies had seen as growth markets. Indonesia is considering a sugar tax, the Philippines and India are also considering the same thing. All these markets have had high rates of growth in the past ...

Australian Ethical FUM AU$1.4bn for second half of 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... to shareholders, Australian Ethical reported that for the half year to 31 December 2015, the company had a net profit after tax of AU$1.5 million, an increase of 172%, and underlying profit after tax of $1.5 million. Revenues were AU$10.9 million, an ...

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Climate change risks could significantly impact suppliers' business operations, revenues or expenditures, but less than half of suppliers participating in the CDP's annual supply chain survey have set a target to reduce carbon emissions. CDP has released ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... issuance and developing green standards. Proven Support Tools: strategic public green bond investment; credit enhancement; tax incentives and developing instruments to aggregate assets and structure risks. Innovative Additions: adjusting risk weightings ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... the context of ESG and responsible investing with a focus on fiduciary duties Supporting longer term investment holdings via tax law Creating appropriate and aligned incentives in remuneration Strengthening asset owner competency and capability on ESG ...

Mirvac marks strategic process in 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... recently released its 2015 sustainability report, Stories of Change. For the financial year, the company's statutory profit after tax increased by 36% to $609.9 million, and operating profit after tax increased by 4% to $454.8 million, representing 12.3 ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire Kris Douma

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... challenges of this new role." See Also: ASrIA to merge with Principles for Responsible Investment PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy director

Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability report. Kate Chaney, sustainability manager corporate affairs, Wesfarmers Wesfarmers reported net profit after tax of AU$2.4 billion, an underlying increase of 8.3% when excluding discontinued operations and non-trading items, according ...

Companies considering implication of BEPS reform: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Tax planning, payment and transparency are increasingly being seen as both social and governance issues by companies, according to a briefing by KPMG's international tax experts. Greg Wiebe, global head of tax, KPMG The Organisation for Economic Co-operation ...

Telstra publishes 2015 Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions intensity by 27%, according to its sustainability report. Telstra reported an AU$4.3 billion net profit after tax, with a 30.5 cent total dividend per share. The company spent AU$1 billion on share buy back as well. In its sustainability ...