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Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Fayers, ESG services manager at Regnan, a corporate governance and engagement firm. "You have demand internationally for Australian gas and demand internally as well for domestic supply. The issue isn't whether the industry is going to be shut down because ...

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian government has agreed to undertake a pilot of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson announcing that the government will provide AU$12.7m to support ...

Low Carbon Australia relaunches Carbon Offset Guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... offset industry." The Guide includes information about the introduction of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) to the Australian market. CFI provides incentives to landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives for undertaking land sector abatement ...

Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... December 2011. Offshore, our International Procurement Office (IPO) based in Hong Kong continues to procure goods for our Australian business and these make up 1% of our total procurement spend. The IPO gives us greater visibility and control of goods ...

Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... blighted by a lack of transparency and questionable practice when it comes to fairness in capital raisings," he said. "Australian companies raised AU$99bn in 2008/2009 and 45% was done by way of placements which aren't accessible to the public. Banks ...

75% of ASX100 exposed to corruption in high-risk countries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... of ASX100 companies that operate in a sector or country deemed "high-risk" for corruption, up from 56% in 2006, and Australian companies lag US, UK and European counterparts in prohibiting the giving and receiving of bribes, according to a paper by the ...

Three Australian companies to participate in IIRC program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) has selected National Australia Bank, Stockland and Mecu Limited and more than 40 other leading global companies as participants in a pilot program initiative to test integrated reporting (IR) ...

Dean Paatsch launches new governance advisory firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Lawrence and Simon Connal have launched a new governance advisory business, Ownership Matters (OM). The independent, Australian focused governance firm has a suite of services aimed at financial institutions - a proxy voting advisory service for resolutions ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the US, noted that it is "well positioned" for the implementation of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and the Australian carbon pricing package, which recently passed the Australian Parliament's lower house. AWE is liable under its joint venture ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the vehicles and shape the way they're designed, to meet our needs." The IGCC is a collaborative body representing Australian and New Zealand institutional investors with more than AU$600bn in assets under management. IGCC members "recognise that the ...