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Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... reputation risk by default. This poor management is a considerable issue." Supply chain LRH risks pose a variety of risks both to ASX-listed companies and, by extension, their investors. Reputational damage might affect consumer behaviour, a retailer ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... after the election." Anticipating a repeal of the carbon pricing legislation, Citi examined the impact of repeal on various ASX-listed companies. The biggest beneficiaries from repeal will be coal miners and aluminium/alumina producers, Citi concluded. ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental activist Bill McKibben has met with superannuation funds during his recent Australian tour, pressing the economic and moral case for investors to divest from fossil fuel companies. Bill McKibben, co-founder and chairman of the board of ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Proprietary model ASX50 and ASX100 portfolios developed by investment advisory firm Ethinvest has outperformed mainstream accumulation indices by wide margins, Ethinvest said. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director The Ethinvest ASX50 Screened Index ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... as no reporting or basic reporting. Ann Byrne In its sixth year of research, The Sustainability Reporting Practices of S&P/ASX 200 Companies: 2013 also follows through on a move flagged by ACSI last year to name both the leaders in ESG reporting and ...

Australian exposed to carbon bubble through coal resources

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia, 27.76 GtCO2 is owned by companies listed overseas, compared to 23.18 GtCO2 owned by Australian listed companies. ASX-listed companies with coal assets included BHP Billiton, with 8.87 GtCO2 in their reserves, Rio Tinto with 3.70 GtCO2, AGL ...

Australian Ethical Investment board director resigns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... full term and the timing of her resignation would depend on the appointment of new directors, Australian Ethical said in an ASX announcement. "Justine has been a strong member of the board during a period of considerable change at Australian Ethical," ...

Publish What You Pay reexamining extractive companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia and CAER are surveying ASX200 listed extractives companies on their reporting standards regarding payments made to governments in the countries where they operate, and are seeking views of investors and analysts ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... disclosures to shareholders of the effects of climate change on the corporation," the report notes. The report notes that of the ASX Corporate Governance Council's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, four - promote ethical and responsible ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than 14% of the ASX200 market capitalisation is based on fossil fuels, and the value of fossil fuel assets is at risk in a carbon constrained world, but the risk is not evenly distributed across all resources or across a long term time ...