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ASIC renews call for better remuneration disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... review, ASIC identified four areas of best practice where disclosures could be improved - focus are the board's policy on the nature and amount of remuneration of the key management personnel, the non-financial performance conditions in short-term incentive ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... recognise that [integrated reporting]is the next step along managing risk. A number of them have business models - by the nature of the industry - that recognise the importance of environmental and social factors. Mining companies in Australia have always ...

Finsia: ESG consistent with superannuation fiduciary duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... by step process for superannuation funds on how to implement ESG principles into their investment processes. "The very nature of superannuation investment is long term," said Russell Thomas, Finsia CEO and managing director. "Superannuation funds are ...

KPMG: companies should review anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Act of 1995 says that a facilitation payment defence can be accepted if "[t]he value of the benefit must be of a minor nature; it is paid to a foreign official for the sole or predominant purpose of expediting a routine government action; and it is documented ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Landscape Guardian groups. Community members publicly supporting their local wind farm were motivated by the 'climate friendly' nature of wind farms, as opposed to that generated from fossil fuels. They appreciated regional development, increased local ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... is coming through and that's become a priority following on the completion on the Ruggie project and the clarity of the nature of business response to human rights and how to define and manage it," Black said. "There are better ways of monitoring and ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... of cooperative and sustainable business said that sustainability is one of the bank's core values, and acknoledged that nature and ecoystem services are a basic element in the local nad global economy. "We are ready to support all efforts in the financial ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Vincent Felteau, portfolio manager, Asia-Pacific, at Presima. "At Presima, we believe that by focusing on the long term nature of real estate assets and by utilizing new standards of measurement, we make better decisions with respect to our investments. ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... integrating ESG is in line with the company's view of practicing stewardship as share owners, given the long term holding nature of their mandate in the Australian market. However, it could also prove a means for active managers to distinguish their ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches sustainability database

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Disclosure Database permits free access to companies' sustainability strategy, performance, and impacts on society and nature. The database features sustainability reports - both stand-alone and integrated - from institutions and companies around the ...