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Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... risks - the risk of additional regulation in developing countries, such as a recent move by the Philippines to increase their tax on tobacco, or the risk that developing countries will adopt legislation similar to Australia and other companies, curtailing ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... per tonne of carbon emissions will have to review contracts with their customers and calculate the amount that the carbon tax represented as part of the overall costs of their products, said Elisa de Wit, a partner and head of climate change at Norton ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... touches on one issue. "Private and public ancillary funds which provide a link between donors and organisations that can receive tax deductable donations are unclear whether they may count discounted returns toward minimum distribution requirements," ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... "The value of Australian Carbon Credit Units has been influenced by pricing under the Carbon Pricing Mechanism - or carbon tax - which was intended to drive behavioural change, whereas a lowest bid approach, will drive low value carbon reduction. For ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Tax and transparency reforms should be a priority for Australia in its presidency of the G20 because there is a strong link between base erosion and profit sharing (BEPS) and the G20's objective to promote development, according to Oxfam Australia and ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... KPMG found the companies and their associated corporate foundations invested on average the equivalent of 2.5% of their pre-tax profit in programs to ameliorate social and environmental challenges including access to education, healthcare and disaster ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s analysis of climate finance shows that redirecting global funds from investment emissions intensive assets to low carbon sources should be a priority for governments and investors, according to ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that lead in corporate responsibility are linking sustainability progress with remuneration and have strong stakeholder engagement on sustainability, according to the Business in the Community (BITC) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Index. BITC ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the inquiry centred on six main areas and opportunities for reform - access to capital, a dedicated social investment bank, tax concessions and incentives, a corporate bond market, financial intermediaries, structural barriers and regulatory requirements ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... which is held by the Liberal Coalition led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, had passed the government's Clean Energy (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill, but in the Senate, the balance of power is held by the Labor Party and the Greens. The Senate vote to reject ...