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Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... certain items are included or excluded and what discretion is used by boards to make sure there's not a windfall in bonuses." Total shareholder return is one measure that could be used as a threshold for performance measurement. "We're agonistic," John ...

Brambles talks sustainability strategy, Sustainable Development Goals and natural capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... billion, up 6% at constant currency, underlying profit was USS$957.5 million, down 1% at constant currency, and Brambles issued total dividends of AU$0.29/share for the full 2017 financial year. The goals in Brambles' sustainability programs are aligned ...

Investec Australia provides development finance to Eco Energy World

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
Investec Australia Limited's Infrastructure Finance and Investment team has provided $10 million in development finance to UK-based renewables energy developer Eco Energy World for Australian solar projects. Jeff Law, head of infrastructure finance ...

Strong uptick in participation in second GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Assessment saw a 25% increase in the number of fund assessments to 64, and a 19% increase by asset assessments to 160, for a total of 224 global entities evaluated this year. Airports outperformed other sectors, with an average score of 56, 30% above ...

Climate-aligned bond universe jumps to US$895 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... climate-aligned criteria, CBI said. In the climate-aligned bond universe, the Chinese RMB is the dominant currency, at 32% of the total amount outstanding, followed by the U.S. dollar at 26%, and the Euro at 20%. The report found that majority of bonds ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... into investment decisions." Analysis of the CSA data shows that companies in the DJSI universe spend an average of 0.02% of total sales annually on policy influence activities, wth median spending at 0.01% of total sales. RobecoSAM noted that companies ...

Australian Ethical Investment reports annual profit of $2.9 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... completed at the end of the 2016 calendar year and the remediation of member accounts was completed by 31 March 2017. The total cost of remediation was $2.855 million across the 2016 and 2017 financial years. Australian Ethical does not provide forward ...

ASX100 CEO pay remains below 2009 peak: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... whether there was gender gap in the pay between male CEOs and female CEOs, but discovered that as there were only 9 women in total serving as CEOs of ASX200 companies, the sample size was too small for meaningful analysis, Davidson said. "I said to the ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, NAB mark 5th anniversary of Good Money launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... flexible payment options. The first stores opened up in Collingwood and Dandenong in Victoria five years ago. Since then, a total of seven stores have opened up nationally, and have provided $8.5 million in loans to people on low incomes. The stores ...

Government to introduce Australian Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... net benefit and is the most appropriate and effective option." Under that proposal, entities operating in Australia with total annual revenues of at least $100 million will report annually on their efforts to address modern slavery in their operations ...