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Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... June 2015, and will apply to Canadian-listed and registered companies including a number of companies that are listed on the ASX. Last year, the European Union passed a the Transparency and Accounting Directive will make it a requirement for European-Union ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies in the food and beverage sector are exposed to "relatively high" sustainability risks that overlap and interact, according to a review by AMP Capital. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital The 37 companies that make up the ASX's food ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... around environmental and social issues and their material impacts as disclosed in the operating and financial review, while the ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council updated its Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations to include Recommendation ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... included information on directors' shareholdings in companies where they hold directorships. The study found that 11.5% of ASX 100 non-executive board seats were held by directors owning no shares in the company and 21% of ASX 101-200 non-executive board ...

Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investors throughout Asia are taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into account in their investment portfolios, and custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services are providing data analytical services to assist clients ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... peer group average returned 15.7% for the year to August 2014 and 17.1% p.a. for the three year period. In comparison, the ASX 300 index returned 14.2% over 1 year to August 2014 and 14.0% p.a. for the three year period, while the Lonsec 'core' Australian ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... value. In doing this, APRA is in line with other financial services regulators and market operators. Earlier this year, the ASX's Corporate Governance Council released the third edition of the Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. As part ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... that there is neither an excuse nor the time for lethargy." Meanwhile, CDP have also announced the winners of the CDP 2014 ASX 200 Climate Leadership Awards. Challenger was recognised for best Best year on year change in climate disclosure with a 49 ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainable and ethical investment principles of the Uniting Church in Australia. He has also previously held senior roles with ASX listed property fund managers including ING Real Estate and DEXUS as well as wholesale funds and development companies ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Future Super, Australia's first fossil fuel free superannuation fund, has been launched and is tapping into the growing fossil fuel divestment movement as part of its potential membership base. The fund launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey ...