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John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... international partnership of nine corporate director organisations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Colvin was unanimously elected, with Stan Magidson, president and ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Big numbers don't say anything. The first words of the CEO's statement are "Woolworths aims to be Australia's and New Zealand's most trusted brand." Big is a factor in trust, but it can cut both ways. It's what you do with your bigness that counts. Addressing ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... opposed to "high" or "reasonable", the report found. Toby Kent, group head of corporate sustainability, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, said that the choice of assurance standard tended to be tailored to the intended audience of the assurance ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... indicating their increasing comfort with the pricing regime, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project 's Australia and New Zealand Climate Change Report 2012. According to the 2012 report, 69% of ASX200 and NZX50 responding companies identified a risk ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... of land and forestry assets across six Australian states. New Forests has three investment strategies - Australia New Zealand Forest Fund, which has invested 90% of its AU$490m of committed capital within 18 months of inception and generated above-benchmark ...

More than 3,000 respond to GRI comment periods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... people attended 49 workshops during the second period. There were two workshops held in Australia and one held in New Zealand during the 2012 comment period, and there were approximately 80 participants in all, over the three workshops, said Lena Geraghty ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The 42 listed and private company and fund respondents from Australia and New Zealand were given the rank of "Green Stars" by GRESB, the only region to be so named, to recognize respondents overall "integrated ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... 2011 surveys the investment practices of 42 asset owners and 51 asset managers. It was commissioned by the Australia/New Zealand Investor Group on Climate Change ( IGCC), the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and the North American ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The majority of Asia-Pacific investors in private equity monitor, or expect to monitor, general partners' environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies, in contrast to 70% of European investors and 27% of North American investors, according to ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... which is based in Singapore. Meanwhile, CFSGAM, which is known as First State Investments outside of Australia and New Zealand, has also hired Will Oulton as global head of responsible investment, based in London. Oulton comes to CFSGAM from Mercer Investments ...