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KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission's expertise in fighting corporate crime; and vigorously pursue false accounting cases." Even as the Australian government has been called out for its lack of enforcement of bribery laws, Australian companies ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... mechanism, renewable energy, energy efficiency, the carbon farming initiative, fuel tax credits, synthetic greenhouse gases, accounting and disclosures, grants, and taxation incentives. Norton Rose this week launched the book and subscription service ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... SRES costs, which Fraser said has accounted for a "disproportionately high share of RET costs to electricity users, accounting for more than half of the scheme's costs." CCA recommended that the government consider lowering the SRES eligibility threshold ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... managers to actually deviate from their normal operating practices and can lead to, at the extreme end, things like accounting manipulation because there's that massive pressure. It can also mean that companies are underinvesting in areas of the biz ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... in their offering, and will have opportunities to access new services from Net Balance's expertise, such as carbon accounting and environmental metrics, social impact measurement, stakeholder engagement, economics and policy analysis. "It will roughly ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... guidance is out there where people need it." The guide has been developed in coordination with the Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability network and experts from Australia and overseas, CPA Australia said. The assurance guidance is also designed ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has designed and is implementing a water accounting framework to provide a means for companies to analyse their water use and management in a way that is tailored to the minerals industry. Developed in conjunction ...

OECD criticises low enforcement of foreign bribery law

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) expertise in fighting corporate crime; and vigorously pursue false accounting cases." "Usage of the corporate liability provisions should be enhanced," the report said. "ASIC's experience and ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... reported that the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) is testing a framework for water reporting and accounting, which is being developed by the Minerals Council for Australia and the Sustainable Minerals Institute. "They are considering ...

More women, more new entrants appointed to ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... - of the 71 non-executive director appointments, 45 went to new entrants." Of those 92 appointments, 23 were women, accounting for 37% of all new entrants. "ACSI welcomes the continued expansion of the director gene pool. This year we seen positive change ...