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Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... facilitation payment and what was a bribe," Paterson noted. "The only place where that sort of distinction was formally made in the Tax Act as to what you could claim for and what you couldn't as a distinction." But even while the legal definitions and ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... investors as well, said Richard Fuller Senior Responsible Investment Specialist at Mercer. "Climate change and the carbon tax are really important issues, and perhaps really obvious ones," Fuller said. "Superannuation funds are pushing to come to grips ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... offered under the Clean Energy Future package: Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Telecommunications provider Optus said responsible marketing, customer service and safety, driving innovation and uptake of technology and building social inclusion were all material issues to their corporate responsibility (CR) goal. Optus, a subsidiary ...

Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... division while noting ongoing uncertainty around Indonesian live cattle exports. Elders reported a consolidated loss after tax of AU$395.3m for the 2010/2011 fiscal year, but CEO Malcolm Jackman predicted stronger performance for the 2011/2012 financial ...

CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... consumption, greenhouse gas and waste intensity per unit of vaccine and plasma production, against a backdrop of net profit after tax of AU$941m. In their 2010-2011 corporate responsibility report, CSL also reported no findings against their product ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... BCAs are levied on importers to require them to purchase allowances equal to the carbon intensity of production, or to pay a tax equivalent to the carbon charge paid by domestic producers. BCAs are retained as policy initiative in the European Union's ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... that its carbon intensity - measured as tonnes of CO2 emissions (CO2-e) per million dollars of earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) - fell from 956 in 2010 to 881 in 2011. Woolworths' energy, water and waste intensity also all fell in the last financial ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 0.08% in Australia and New Zealand, compared with 0.19% for global LBG companies, and contributions as a percentage of pre-tax profit were 0.6%, compared with 1.2% globally. LBG is an international network that provides a framework to measure the value ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... program, but disclosed a slight decrease in the percentage of women in management, against a backdrop of group net profit after tax of AU$5.36bn, a 19% increase over 2010. In its 2011 Shareholder and Corporate Responsibility Review, ANZ reported that ...