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ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... is a document that has been released in the context of other recent regulatory changes, such as the recent changes to the ASX Corporate Governance Council's recommendations that companies disclose material environmental, economic and social information ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... see companies forced to disclose environmental, social and governance issues that are material to the business, citing the ASX Corporate Governance Council's recent introduction of principle 7.4 in the third edition of its Corporate Governance Guidelines ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... supply chain, but it's got a long tail," he said. Going forward, both Chioatto and Murphy said that recent changes to the ASX Corporate Governance Council's recommendations that companies disclose material environmental, economic and social information ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
ASX listed companies in water-sensitive sectors are more likely to be exposed to near-term water risks than global peers, but only 46% of those ASX companies disclosed information to the CDP for its Australia Water Report 2013. Graphic courtesy of CDP ...

ASX reports on progress towards gender diversity targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Nearly all ASX-listed companies have adopted gender diversity policies or explained why not, but there is still a wide difference in performance when it comes to setting measurable objectives and disclosure of the proportion of women in organisations ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... important?" Non-financial, ESG/sustainability information disclosures is by and large a voluntary activity -recently, the ASX joined Bovespa Brazil, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Shen-Zeng Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange by requiring ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has recommended that listed companies disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. This week the ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council published a ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... is 1.14% model manager and administration fee, she said. The Ethical Investment Advisers Mid-Cap SMA's benchmark is the S&P/ASX Mid-Cap 50, and has returned 2.37% since inception, compared with the All Ordinaries Index which gained 0.56% during the same ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investment portfolios containing coal, oil and gas companies "risk lower returns in the long run while portfolios avoiding these companies can provide competitive returns," according to a report published by The Australia Institute in ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... independent verification of NABs, and Brennan reiterated that challenge. "I'm absolutely gobsmacked that we remain the only ASX 100 company that gets its RAP assured by an independent third party," Brennan said. "I don't buy that the cost of assurance ...