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AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Concerns over executive remuneration and incentive plans led institutional investors AMP Capital and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VMFC) to cast proxy votes against resolutions during 2011. Governance managers at both institutions also ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry will give a keynote address at the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s fifth annual conference on the state of corporate social responsible in Australia. Henry, who is also a non-executive ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... but not so much for measuring annual emissions. As a result, using NGERS to establish a baseline for the methodology in Victoria results in a baseline of 85% - meaning there is nothing 'additional' on which to create any CFI credits. Unless the baseline ...

CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... annual inspection of the company's influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities, processes and procedures at its Parkville, Victoria site in March 2011. The letter listed a number of significant items requiring attention. However, CSL Biotherapies submitted ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The use of renewable energy resources in electricity generation is expected to grow at 6% per year between now and 2035, according to Professor Quentin Grafton, executive director and chief economist of the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE). ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Presima, a global boutique investment manager that invests in listed real estate securities, has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) as a member. Presima is based in Montreal, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of nabInvest ...

Renewable energy provides 10% of Australia's electricity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... national electricity market. Seven of those projects are wind-0based, including the 420 MW Macarthur Wind Farm in western Victoria the largest of those underway. If completed in its current form it will be the largest wind farm in Australia. See Also ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... stakeholder priorities. The company also invested AU$450,000 in community programs including a "Men's Shed" in Port Fairy, Victoria, its Chilean fund, Creciendo Juntos, and its Brazilian community fund. The company also liaises with stakeholders on the ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
A survey of 48 Australian and New Zealand companies has found that they contributed a total value of almost AU$259m to their community in cash, time, in-kind and management costs. According to the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) report on Australia ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and then dividing by the total hours worked in the accounting period. Elders reported an effluent leak at its Charlton (Victoria) feedlot in January 2011, due to the damage from severe flooding. The operation received a pollution abatement notice from ...