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Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental capital and do this as seamlessly as possible and then to move further in our valuation techniques and our accounting techniques to enable that kind of thinking. " One of the key challenges to further uptake, Thompson noted, was the lack ...

ASX100 CEO pay, bonuses decline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... According to ACSI, Polio received a tranche of 5m options that was approved by shareholders in 2005. Those options had an accounting value of AU$12.2m in 2005, but the value Poli received in 2011 was 13.8 times higher because Aquila Resources' share ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... risks as well. "[Brewing and beverage company] SAB Miller is one of those that have experimented increasingly with new accounting tools such as water footprinting, mindful that water stress and scarcity presents operational and reputational risks," he ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... investment decisions, according to research conducted by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Prince of Wales's Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Project, in collaboration with Radley Yeldar. According to the survey, 70% rated governance information ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson. "Coal exports make a significant economic contribution to Australia, accounting for about 17% of our merchandise trade and employing over 50,000 people. "Coal mining is central to the local economy of ...

Accountancy profession a driver of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... issues from a number of perspectives, according to two professors from the University of South Australia's Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability (CAGS). Corporate sustainability as a complex challenge is an example of how accountants need ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The development of an Australian water accounting standard means that companies will be able to provide disclosure about water rights and obligations in a financially meaningful fashion, at a time when Australian companies are coming under scrutiny ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... the support of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and "input and advice of the global accounting profession", the CDP said in a press release. "This latest move from the government is a much-needed response to market needs ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... social and governance (ESG) risks, including the future anticipated costs of carbon emissions, a panel of investment and accounting principles said. But only 36 companies on the ASX200 are considered at "best practice" for ESG reporting, according to ...

Companies should present negative sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and the community a major disservice," he said. "At CPA Australia, we do what we say. We were the first professional accounting body to produce a sustainability report and have it independently assured and level-checked by the GRI. We continue to advocate ...