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Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The social and environmental supply chain policies and disclosures of ASX-listed companies has come under renewed scrutiny, with Net Balance concluding ASX100 companies do not uniformly disclose those supply chain impacts, and the Australian Council ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
For companies to report and manage sustainability exposures for long-term value creation, they need develop strategies to improve environmental, social and governance performance. So says the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, which has ...

Ownership Matters hires Marty Chung

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Ownership Matters (OM) has appointed Marty Chung as a senior governance analyst. Chung joins Dean Paatsch, Martin Lawrence and Simon Connal as part of the OM team that is focused on the governance of Australian companies and capital markets. Chung previously ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The mining of coal seam gas has never been more prominent in Australia, and institutional investors are weighing the environmental, social and political risks of being invested in companies with exposures to coal seam gas operations. While there are ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
ASX100 companies are disclosing their environmental and social impacts on upstream and downstream supply chains, but there is significant variability in disclosures within and between industry sectors and room for improvement, according to a joint report ...

ACSI reiterates no vote for News Corp board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has advised Australian superannuation funds to vote against members of the News Corp Board at the company's annual general meeting in Los Angeles on Friday. "News Corp board should comprise a ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The number of women directors in the ASX100 continued to climb slowly in 2010, accounting for 26% of new non-executive directors and 12.2% of all directors, up from 11.1% in 2009, according to research by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of ASX500 companies shows that there are 235 women holding 307 directorship positions, and 233 companies have at least one woman on board. The research note authored by the Reibey Institute noted that women hold 9.5% of ASX500 board positions ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Nearly half of ASX100 companies are exposed to human rights risks in their overseas operations, and almost all of those companies have inadequate management systems in place to mitigate those exposures, a study by Net Balance has found. Net Balance ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
DEXUS Property Group reported a net profit for the 2011 financial year of AU$553m, an increase of AU$521.6m over last year, while decreasing energy, greenhouse gas and water intensity across its entire portfolio. DEXUS owns, manages and develops office ...