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Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... are being held back by the corporate community not driving it," Kolesnikoff said. "They have to drive it - it's not good enough that a company, at its AGM, can pass a resolution on a show of hands of a few shareholders, completely missing of hundreds ...

Consumers doubt energy retailers' "green" credentials

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... in community programmes that focus on energy efficiency. Origin sponsors Sustainability Drives, but I don't think that's enough and there's not enough direct connection with the community or even with the company's employees." However, the fact that ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... 18,000Ha and will have 111 turbines with a power production capacity of 206MW, generating on average 792,000 MWh per year, enough to provide electricity to power a small city of 125,000 homes. Infrastructure as an asset class has grown in appeal for ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... securities based on ESG risk that a company may or may not satisfy. Obviously, they look at credit risk, but it's not broad enough. I think at the end of the day until some of us institutional investors knock on the fund managers' doors and demand these ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... at the statistics for female executives you begin to see those numbers drastically falling away. We're just not seeing enough women making it to the top. Q: It's interesting to see which companies have made this issue of hiring women into management ...

ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... farm in New South Wales. The Gunning Wind farm will generate 46.5MW. It is ACCIONA's 278th in the world and will deliver enough renewable energy to power 23,250 homes. Law firm Allens Arthur Robinson advised ACCIONA on the project, including negotiation ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... market should open up with lots of opportunities for traders." One area of concern is the fact that there might not be enough lead time for companies to gain a sense of certainty around the price of carbon. "There are five years of rolling caps under ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... interest rates; and while there will be pressure on property owners to make buildings more energy efficient it won't be enough to significantly change the return potential from commercial property." However, Oliver noted that the carbon tax and eventual ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... super funds," he said. "First is investing - clearly, you have to invest in a sustainable manner. But investing alone isn't enough. We think funds internal behaviour and attitude also matters. We want to see them behaving in a sustainable manner, looking ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... MSCI ESG Research in Sydney. "As we saw through the global financial crisis, the information in those indicators was not enough to stop those disasters from happening. They're backward-looking, whereas ESG to a large extent is forward looking. ESG research ...