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Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Kate Phillips, a senior associate at Baker and McKenzie outlined liable entities' obligations under the clean energy legislation. For the first three years from July, the carbon price mechanism will be a fixed price of AU$23/tonne of carbon emissions. ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... technologies. The report acknowledged that the CEFC will work in tandem with other pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. "By working with the market to build industry capacity ...

CSA warns on timing of undirected proxy vote legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Chartered Secretaries of Australia (CSA) is not confident that the government will be able to pass legislation that will clarify the right of a company chair to vote undirected proxies on a remuneration report resolution. Under current law, company ...

GRESB joins forces with GRI to push sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... provides the opportunity to take into account directly the risks of higher - and more volatile - energy prices, stricter legislation targeted directly at the real estate sector and changing preferences of (corporate) tenants," said Sander Paul van Tongeren ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... 2015, there will be a fixed price of AU$23/tonne CO2e charged by the government, but under the Clean Energy Future legislation, the price after 2015 will be set by the market. "Materiality is key but when you look at things like the carbon price, you ...

Proxy voting error results in Emeco AGM double-count

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 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 ...

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 ...