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NZ Super Fund sells partial forestry stake to iwi collective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Fund said. "Kaingaroa Timberlands is a successful enterprise which provides not only significant annual returns to shareholders, but which now, through our investment, also further enhances iwi participation at all levels of the forestry business," said ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Brennan said. "You don't want to spend money on programs that don't get results. You need to show staff, customers and shareholders that they work. Staff want to know that the program achieves results. Customers need to know that what we're doing in ...

ASX could include ESG language in new governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... those organisations that haven't reported will start thinking, what do we need to communicate to our investors and shareholders." Jeyaretnam noted that the Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations are used not just in the listed sector, but ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... screening out bad companies; it's about looking at the earnings sustainability of a company's model, and as long term shareholders, that's very important." The report outlines how ESG integration is different from ethical investment - mainly in how conclusions ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... work of our people to help create a sustainable future and deliver long term value for our customers, employees, shareholders and the community." Westpac recently outlined its sustainability strategy to 2017, and Westpac highlighted several areas of ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... have time because of quarterly shareholder pressure. Do they have money? No, because they're returning capital to shareholders, and do they have intent? Questionable. Who has time, money and can leverage intent? Superannuation - it's a AU$1.7 trillion ...

Remuneration consultant disclosure regime questioned

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... legitimate," Lawrence said. "But I am interested in what's actually going on. You don't want a board/management team to use shareholders' money to fret about managing their after-tax positions." The other recommendation Ownership Matters makes is "requiring ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... NDIS are supposedly about shifting control and choice to the consumer. Co-ops and mutuals have members rather than shareholders at heart. They are a perfect marriage of the social purpose of the business with the efficiency of the private sector," Morrison ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... financial crisis as the company realised that innovation around shared value was a way of driving financial returns for shareholders, Barnard said. "If we build better communities, if we build better places to live, if lives are improved, they're customers ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon intensive assets, diversifying its business by investing in lower carbon energy sources or returning capital to shareholders." Unburnable carbon is a concept that only around one third of current proven reserves of fossil fuels can be consumed ...