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Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... that sell tradeable carbon credits generated under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) will have to register for an Australian Financial Services (AFS) license as part of draft legislation from the federal government. The federal government has released ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
A survey of 48 Australian and New Zealand companies has found that they contributed a total value of almost AU$259m to their community in cash, time, in-kind and management costs. According to the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) report on Australia ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... (AGM) season has seen a heavy focus on executive remuneration, and speaking at a panel discussion sponsored by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Crawford noted that it criticising executive remuneration was fair game. "I think it is a fair ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the time specified. Elders' live export operations were covered under a revised export control order issued by the Australian Commonwealth government in 2011. The revised order brought "additional requirements for assurance of welfare, recording and ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 legislation gives shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... upgrade of 76 Berry Street, North Sydney, was a tri-generation project that combined cooling, heat and power using Australian technologies such as the Shaw method of air conditioning (SMAC), Envirolight E1 lights, Bennett Clayton engines and Power Pax ...

CSL, NAB recognised for advancing women in the workplace

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Award at the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency's Business Achievement Awards held in Sydney. Thirty Australian businesses were recognized for their contribution to "advancing women in the workplace." "CSL Limited opened its Thinking ...

Ownership Matters hires Marty Chung

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Chung joins Dean Paatsch, Martin Lawrence and Simon Connal as part of the OM team that is focused on the governance of Australian companies and capital markets. Chung previously worked as an analyst at ISS / RiskMetrics covering both Australian and Korean ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... companies were in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Energy sectors." This year's report provided insights into how Australian companies are providing disclosure, and the impact of the common National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) framework ...

Carbon tax passes Senate, pricing concerns remain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Senate has passed the Clean Energy Future legislative package, starting the countdown to the 1 July 2012 launch of a carbon pricing regime. But while businesses have short term certainty with the package's passage, they will still have ...