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Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Sustainability reports provide external parties such as investors the opportunity to assess a company's performance to long term goals, and provides stakeholders with an opportunity to engage with the process of achieving sustainable targets, said panellists ...

La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
La Trobe University has disclosed achievements and omissions against environmental and social performance indicators in its 2011 sustainability report, and has set targets for 2015 and 2020 including integrating sustainability issues throughout education ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Companies' extra-financial information, such as disclosures on governance and environmental issues, is used by analysts and investors to help analyse and inform investment decisions, according to research conducted by the Global Reporting Initiative ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Emerging listed companies in the Australian mining industry are working to catch up with investor expectations on corporate governance and disclosure standards, according to BlackRock's Asia Pacific head of corporate governance and responsible investment. ...

Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has joined the Climate Bond Standard's energy efficiency working group, which will develop criteria to certify energy efficiency-related bonds. Low Carbon Australia will work with representatives from the International Energy Agency ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Institutional investors globally are conducting climate change risk assessments of portfolios, with 26% making changes to their investment strategy or decision-making as a result, according to a Mercer study commissioned by international climate change ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
With retailer Woolworths Limited facing a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) over a move to change the company's constitution to limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 maximum bets, another distributor, Metcash, faced media allegations ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Perceived risks to Australia like climate change, inadequate R&D investment, demographic challenges and infrastructure fragility present opportunities to the country, and not just threats. James Allt-Graham The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based ...

SAM appoints head of indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
SAM, an investment boutique that manages the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) line, has appointed Guido Giese as head of indexes. Giese is responsible for the development of the DJSI range, which SAM manages in collaboration with S&P Dow Jones ...

IIRC appoints Peter Bakker deputy chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Peter Bakker has been appointed deputy chair of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). Bakker has previously served as CEO of TNT NV, the Netherlands-based holding company of TNT Express and Royal TNT Post (formerly TPG Post). Under ...