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Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... disappointingly low proportion of the vote, I think it achieved part of its objectives in that large investors have been made aware of the issue and I'm certain we'll be talking to the company to the issues." The extraordinary general meeting and proposing ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
There has been a 12% drop in the number of listed Australian companies identifying a carbon price as a business risk, indicating their increasing comfort with the pricing regime, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project 's Australia and New Zealand ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia reported an increase in retail customer satisfaction of 79%, a 4% jump from last year, as well as increases in gender diversity and community program funding in its most recent sustainability report. Commonwealth Bank ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... be because of shared values and a view that partners have values that are aligned with each other. As Asia becomes more aware of the constraints to growth, they will be more and more keen to partner with organisations that have respected, reliable, credible ...

OECD criticises low enforcement of foreign bribery law

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government is making foreign bribery offences a priority, but enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been "extremely low", according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). There has only ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Institutional investors and responsible investment are not specifically discussed in the paper, but investors are increasingly aware of how the trends and goals that are central to the white paper impact on their decisions, both in terms of risk mitigation ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... survey, AngloGold Ashanti and Xstrata, are also members of ICMM. There are also increases in the number of companies that are aware of supply chain risks - 71% could state whether or not they are exposed to supply chain risk, up from 62% in 2011. But ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... that the engaged shareholders are not directly linking their actions with Wesfarmer's final decision. "We're not completely aware of what happened internally," he said. "There was a cost and Wesfarmers are on the record that the cost was AU$5m. We didn't ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The Africa Sustainable Investment Forum ( AfricaSIF.org ), a pan-African network promoting investment in sustainable development, has launched a research project to gauge how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are integrated into investment ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Meg McDonald is the CEO of Low Carbon Australia (LCAL), an independent company established in 2010 by the Australian government. LCAL manages an AU$84.6m investment fund which provides finance to improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement ...