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Low Carbon Australia makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has appointed Tanya Cox and Linda Nicholls to the board of directors. Cox is the chief operating officer and company secretary of DEXUS Property Group. Nicholls is a corporate adviser and director. Nicholls is chair of Yarra Trams ...

GRI releases airport operator sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released a new sustainability reporting guidance for airport operators, offering a framework for reporting risks like wildlife strikes, noise and human trafficking. "Airports face many different sustainability ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
James Thier is a a founding director of Australian Ethical Investment, a fund manager with AU$650m in assets under management that has specialised in ethical and sustainable investment since its 1986 inception. In addition to specialist funds, Australian ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
The Water Accounting Standards Board (WASB) is in the process of developing the Australian Water Accounting Standard (AWAS), which will quantify information about water, rights and other claims to water, and obligations against water. The preliminary ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has reported that Australia has the legal, regulatory and capital markets expertise to implement a carbon emissions pricing mechanism and transition to a lower carbon economy. "The imposition ...

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Companies should give a general description of their executive remuneration governance framework, but should be permitted to withhold commercially sensitive information pertaining to performance conditions and should not be required to use accounting ...

Goodman Group announces DIISR building development win

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Goodman Group will develop a four-star Green star and five-star NABERS rating mixed laboratory and office space development for the Australian government's Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) in North Ryde, NSW. The building ...

OECD guidelines to promote more responsible business conduct

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Ministers from countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and developing economies have agreed to a new set of guidelines to promote more responsible business conduct by multinational enterprises (MNEs). ...

Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) is a global asset management business with A$145.5bn in funds under management. A signatory to the UNPRI, CFSGAM integrates ESG analysis into all levels of its investment process. Here, Amanda McCluskey ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ has released an interim corporate responsibility report for the financial year, highlighting progress in training staff for screening clients based on sensitive sector policies and reviewing investment portfolios against UNPRI guidelines, but also ...