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ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... and disclosure of environmental, social and corporate governance policies and practices. Ann Byrne The guide serves the purpose of giving listed companies a clear statement of the practices ACSI companies should follow when conducting their business. ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... to see where it sits, and how it can be integrated in their asset allocation reviews and are using the models for that purpose. Some are interested in a particular asset class - some clients are very interested in applying the work to an asset class ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... and water service providers; stakeholders with water-related interest; and water industry consultants. "As I see it, the purpose here is to bring about uniformity in approach, and uniformity across different entities and different industries, public ...

Finsia drafts principles to disclose, address gender divide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) have drafted a set of reporting principles so that financial services companies can benchmark, measure and address the employment gender divide. The draft principles (see below) would establish ...

Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... contribute to a meaningful integrated report and which represent further detail that is useful to report separately. For the purpose of the integrated report, the organisation should avoid a box-checking exercise against the frameworks." The Institute ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of 10 large Australian companies has found that they are failing to accurately report their labour practices management and performance. Nick Edgerton, Colonial First State Global Asset Management Banarra, a Sydney-based consultancy that ...