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Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... report also notes that listed Australian media companies show poor compliance with ASX corporate governance guidelines. Only a few of the companies analysed by AMP Capital had majority of independent directors, and overall, of the companies covered in ...

AMP trials smartphone voting for annual general meeting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... process in the AGM," said Marnie Reid, AMP head of shareholder services. "We introduced voting online with Computershare a few years ago, with a personalised URL [for shareholders]. With smartphones, the shareholder can scan a QR code, go to the voting ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
A debate has emerged over whether the federal government should wind back the Small Scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) multiplier more quickly than the default timetable, with supporters saying that a potential oversupply in the number of SRES for ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Oil and gas companies are exposed to skills shortages in their workforce, and that exposure and companies' strategic responses pose risks to health and safety, to the environment, and to capital expenditure projects for exploration and production, according ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... index's higher ESG scores, a larger proportion of ESG ratings, and a lower proportion of poorly rated companies. "It confirms a few of our thoughts," said Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at LGS. "The ASX is more carbon intensive than the MSCI world ...

CSA warns on timing of undirected proxy vote legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... reviewed undirected proxies in the 2010 AGM season from the top five companies with the largest shareholder base. "Just these few companies accounted for over AU$2bn worth of lost shares," CSA said. "The impact of the loss of such a significant body ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental effects that water management can have," Philips said. "There is going to be a real battlefield over water over the next few years. It's important to note that for carbon, mandatory reporting happened very quickly. I think water is a massive ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Mercer only gave 9% of more than 5,000 environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies in their database their highest ratings because their evaluation is based on how strategies integrate ESG into the active construction of portfolio ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... integrate responsible investment practices. We would expect the number of highly rated strategies to increase over the next few years as more and more investment professionals come to recognise the sound investment and competitive reasons for active ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... the ground can possibly create investment constraints, or worse, create a situation in which too much capital is chasing too few projects with sub-optimal results. "In this respect, the CEFC is forecast to have AU$10bn to invest over the next five years ...