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Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... secretary to the treasurer. Prime Minister Abbott, leader of the conservative Liberal party, has disbanded the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, with those portfolios now attributed to the Department of Industry, headed by Ian Macfarlane. ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... "Financial institutions have the power, influence and reach to develop the financial system so that it recognises all resources on which financial and economic wealth depend and encourages reporting, accounting, stewardship, maintenance and restoration ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... they are not expecting instant results. The reply from the credit rating companies suggests they are not about to pour resources into areas that would to some extent mean departing from an approach that has served them for decades." The PRI Sovereign ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... "Smaller companies face fundamental barriers to sustainability progress," the report said. "SMEs cite lack of financial resources and lack of knowledge as top barriers, compared to a small minority of large companies. However, the survey has uncovered ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... chairmen and for the investor or investment manager. "AMP Capital have a team of 4 people devoted to ESG, so we have the resources to engage," she said. "When I meet with the company chairmen, our analysts will often join the meeting. We can have a solid ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... The standard is supervised by a board made up of the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), the Nature Resources Defense Council, the Carbon Disclosure Project, the Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk, the Investor Group on Climate ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... a year. But in other international, bilateral developments, the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that falls short of linking the two markets together. The MOU calls ...

Net Balance Foundation joins CitySwitch program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism has granted AU$1 million to expand the reach of the CitySwitch energy efficiency program. The money was allocated through the department's Energy Efficiency Information Grants (EEIG) program by the Net ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... didn't always understand the North American market, and many companies now have good representation of North American resources on their board, by design. The realisation was that to be successful, they had to learn how to deal with the North American ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... regulations are absent, insufficiently protective or ambiguous to ensure protection of surface water and ground water resources," according to an extract from Rio Tinto's response to the questionnaire. "The criteria must have formal approval from the ...