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Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund trustees are exposed to legal risks in the event of financial losses caused by the impacts of climate change, according to a report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). While superannuation and pension funds have an understanding ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... (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 the framework's international applicability and alignment as ...

AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) will bring a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework to Australia, while launching new research demonstrating how integrating ESG into investment processes can augment decision making. Matt Christensen ...

Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... and development of the project, LGS said. "LGS is leading the industry in the greening of older office buildings in Australia in a way that has the potential to revolutionise how owners and managers retrofit their buildings in the future," said LGS CEO ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Matters found errors at varying points in the cycle. In one case, a vote on two resolutions at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia meeting, "a custodial voting agent incorrectly offered the investor an 'abstain option,' when CBA's proxy card did not permit ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Stakeholders are asking for more transparency from sustainability reports, particularly around governance issues, according to research from the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Reporting (ACCSR). Leeora Black ACCSR has issued a report, Materiality ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines can contribute to reducing reporting costs and improving reporting efficiency in Australia's public sector, according to research commissioned by GRI's Focal Point Australia. An analysis of six different pieces of ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Vega Press, a Melbourne-based printing company, has been certified carbon neutral by Low Carbon Australia. The family-owned company employs about 70 staff and prints products including magazines, marketing materials, annual reports, newspaper inserts ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), an AU$20m fund lending to social enterprises, is working to build a sustainable loan portfolio while also working to contribute to the development of the social financing sector in Australia, fund officials ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... reporting," Macready said. "There is still a good third of companies that have African mining operations domiciled in Australia that aren't providing a level of reporting that's satisfactory." Mining companies are beginning to strengthen their reporting ...