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AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... how companies treat their employees." Again, the AXA IM research found that based on an evaluation of UK oil and gas and mining companies, those companies with the best employee socres returned 21% on an annualised basis between 2009 and 2012, and the ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... as part of materiality assessments for 11 sustainability reports put out by eight companies between 2010 and 2012 in the mining, energy and financial services industries. Although the review focused on the mining, energy and financial services industries ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund is engaging with a number of Australian companies with operations in Africa, particularly Australian mining companies with the goal of obtaining greater reporting around environmental and social issues and recent changes to supply ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... financial services, telecoms, and more generalist large caps stocks," Coates said. "We are not invested in the largest mining companies, nor in any of the supermarkets. Because we have a balanced option, we are also invested in fixed income. From an ...

ANZ, GPT Group named 2012 DJSI supersector leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... September. Within the DJSI Asia/Pacific index, the largest additions include Incitec Pivot, while CSL, AMP and Newcrest Mining were all deleted from the regional index. The components to the DJSI are determined annually. The 2,500 largest companies by ...

Citi: "Carbon bubble" represents 1-2% of ASX200 value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... miners(Aquila, Bathurst Res, Coalspur, Whitehaven); companies involved in coal fired power generation (AGL, Origin); and a raft of mining services, engineering, explosives and transport companies (eg Asciano, Ausdrill, Boart Longyear, Bradken, Downer ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... to more effectively quantify how these systems work, and to translate the services they provide into monetary values." Mining companies have improved reporting the impacts of their activities on ecosystems, recognising the risks of natural habitat destruction ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Emerging listed companies in the Australian mining industry are working to catch up with investor expectations on corporate governance and disclosure standards, according to BlackRock's Asia Pacific head of corporate governance and responsible investment. ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government has launched a $70m Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package, aimed at developing technologies and processes to aid the coal industry. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The package provides funding for three areas ...

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... society organisations in the Solomon Islands are "already engaged and campaigning to ensure that the revenues from gold mining and future mining operations contribute to development. The World Bank provides technical assistance to EITI implementation." ...