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Australian Ethical Investments faces EGM board spill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... accounts for the six months to 31 December 2011, the company reported a 31% decrease in consolidated net profit after income tax expense as compared to the previous corresponding period - AU$284,115, as compared to AU$414,479 for the previous period. ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... council for customers, where we could discuss topics that are critical at the moment," Zwissler said. "That could be the carbon tax, that could be other issues, and we found that there are differences in each industry and even for each company." The ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... credit check, and there are criteria for the clients as well - they need to have a Centrelink concession card or a Family Tax Benefit Part A concession, which is for parents of school age children with low incomes. These products provide financial steps ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Santos has reported on 24 material sustainability indicators, against a 51% increase in net profit after tax to AU$753m, a 14% increase in sales revenue to AU$2.53bn and a 5% decrease in production volume. "Key sustainability issues for us in 2012 include ...

Emerald Wrap launches, joins UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... will be available on the platform. "The political climate, with both [the Future of Financial Advice] FoFA and the carbon tax, is helping the case for values based financial planning," said Justin Medcalf, managing director of the Emerald Club. "Clients ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... in staff turnover and employee injuries, against a backdrop of realised operating income of AU$438.8m and net profit after tax of AU$246.2m, down from AU$707.3m in 2010. GPT attributed the fall in net profit after tax to as being "mainly due to mark ...

GRI launches format to tag sustainability data in reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have released a new format for tagging data in sustainability reports that will make it easier for users to find and analyse information. GRI's new XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) taxonomy is an open-source ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... conference circuit for some years now. So ESG has a high profile. We can also see it reflected in things like, we do have a carbon tax and so on, which means that we are an environment that is sensitive to these issues and that is helpful as well."

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 ...