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A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
If you eat or drink in Australia, you're likely to have been a Woolworths customer once or twice this year. If not, you may have bought something in a big box from BigW or Masters, as Woolworths pushes to match its doppelganger Wesfarmers in every sector. ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Mercer, Stikeman Elliott LP and the Generation Foundation are investigating the concept of loyalty rewards, instruments designed to reward corporate shareholders for retaining their shares over a longer time period. Helga Birgden Loyalty rewards are ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... is the company superannuation fund. In your peer and your family and your community, there are discussions about that, or tax implications, mortgages, but if you're coming from a background where none of those things are familiar experiences, the whole ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... report. Commonwealth Bank published its 2012 sustainability report in the backdrop of an AU$7.1bn net profit after income tax, an increase of 4% and an AU$3.45 dividend per share, also up 4%. In the 2011/2012 financial year, Commonwealth Bank performed ...

OECD criticises low enforcement of foreign bribery law

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... between a bribe and a facilitation payment," the report said. "The record-keeping requirements for facilitation payments in tax legislation should be harmonised with those in the Criminal Code Act. The same requirements to report foreign bribery should ...

CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Workplace Consultative Committee, Infrastructure Australia and Skills Australia. She previously served as a member of the Henry Tax Review, and is a chair of the Productivity and Prosperity Advisory Panel of the Population Strategy Taskforce.

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Workplace Consultative Committee, Infrastructure Australia and Skills Australia. She previously served as a member of the Henry Tax Review, and is a chair of the Productivity and Prosperity Advisory Panel of the Population Strategy Taskforce. ClimateWorks ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
ANZ is a leader both in Australia and internationally for the development, strategy and delivery of financial inclusion and capability programs, according to a third-party review of the bank. According to the review by the Allen Consulting Group, ANZ's ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... "The introduction of market and fiscal instruments such as a strong and sustained price signal on carbon, carbon taxes, or tax breaks would help integrate sustainability risks into the investment decision-making process and influence rents, yields and ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... increased internal rates of return on projects because you work with tenants to mutually exploit benefits," he said. "The tax breaks for green buildings policy has been discontinued, but an EUA, by its very structure, is capable of delivering the same ...