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Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... negative impact across all Australian boards, including the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. A number of directors serve on commercial and NFP boards, and limiting the number of directorships that can be held by an individual would potentially result in ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... managing the export trade.... In the end, the trade got to where it has been because of a good relationship between the commercial partners and I think they will continue to have good working relationships. In the end, there is that understanding of ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... owners to make buildings more energy efficient it won't be enough to significantly change the return potential from commercial property." However, Oliver noted that the carbon tax and eventual ETS will have an impact at the level of sector and stock ...

CBRE certified carbon neutral in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon neutral by Low Carbon Australia. CBRE joined the voluntary National Carbon Offset Standard and is the first commercial real estate services firm in Australia to be certified carbon neutral. "The reduction strategies we have put in place give us ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... ramifications." Under the plan, the agricultural sector is excluded from the scheme, as is petrol for households, while domestic commercial transport industries are subject to the tax. Treasury estimates industries that are 90% of employment account ...

Ceres, Tellus Institute to design sustainability ratings standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... benchmark for use by raters and ratings users. The two activities will be conducted through an independent and non-commercial process. As the GISR enters the market, a GISR Board of Directors will evolve with the expectation that GISR will gradually ...

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Companies should give a general description of their executive remuneration governance framework, but should be permitted to withhold commercially sensitive information pertaining to performance conditions and should not be required to use accounting ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... activities has enabled them to better engage communities and NGOs to discuss issues and seek to develop sustainable and yet commercial solutions," the report says. In the case of Blackmore, a health care equipment and services company, the move towards ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... ensure that 20 percent of Australia's electricity supply will come from renewable energy sources such as wind farms and commercial solar power stations as one factor encouraging increased investment here. "Pacific Hydro's Australian development pipeline ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Woodside Petroleum Ltd shareholders - including signatories to the UNPRI - have rejected a resolution that would have amended the corporate constitution to require disclosure of the company's assumptions of future carbon prices, oil prices, demand for ...

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UN pension chief joins Northern Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Podcast: Exploring emerging markets and sustainability

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Pablo Berrutti, senior portfolio specialist at Stewart Investors, discusses emerging market investment opportunities and their main growth drivers.

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

MATTHEW WAI
Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis.

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The likes of Sally Field, Mark Ruffalo and Jane Fonda are calling on the SAG-Producers Pension Plan to dump its holdings in oil and gas companies.

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