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Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... business and flow- on impact across the network as well." 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 ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... water pumps, lobby lighting, carpark lighting upgrades, solar domestic hot water systems and modifications to building control strategies. The project was given funding assistance from the New South Wales Department of Climate Change and Water Climate ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the terms of the notice within 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 ...

Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... for our Australian business and these make up 1% of our total procurement spend. The IPO gives us greater visibility and control of goods procured from Asia and has also allowed us to form close partnerships with Asian suppliers. The IPO team is committed ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... 69% of companies prohibit giving and receiving bribes, up from 50% in 2006. Similarly, 48% of ASX100 companies restrict/control facilitation payments, up from 24% in 2006. However, 97% of top 100 companies in Europe and 86% of top 100 UK companies explicitly ...

ACSI reiterates no vote for News Corp board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... voting shares, any vote against News Corp board members will be from a minority of shareholders, With the Murdoch family control over voting shares, ACSI recognises that any vote against the News Corp board structure will be from a minority of shareholders. ...

Community finance draws eye of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... emerging market. It brings its own unique risks, but it has protection from ordinary market forces. We have reasonable control of the spread above the RBA risk and can, if you like, design that return in such a way that reflects the needs of the investors." ...

ACSI recommend against News Corp board re-election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has recommended that superannuation funds invested in News Corporation vote against the re-election of six of the company's executive directors in the upcoming annual general meeting. "Progress ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... upon companies with joint venture operations to disclose equity accounted emissions, not just emissions at an operational control basis. "Certainly, there's a range of things that companies could choose to disclose and depending on their assumptions ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... be fairly myopic. It's a common weakness. The issues that are important to the company are the issues that they are in control of, and they fail to take notice of other issues. For example, with the issue of animal cruelty, the behaviour was not under ...