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AGL Energy, First Solar granted $130m for solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... provide AU$40.7m under the Education Investment Fund to the University of Queensland and University of New South Wales to conduct related research. The NSW Government has also committed to provide AU$64.9m to the project. In February of this year, the ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
All four of the largest banks in Australia have set formal targets and policies to increase employment of Indigenous Australians, engage with Indigenous communities, and increase Indigenous access to financial products and services. Representatives ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... that companies maintain labour rights protections that are integrated into company culture, delineated as formal codes of conduct, and maintained for all operations." In addition to the low levels of disclosure on labour and human rights policies, the ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Carlsson-Sweeny said. In particular, the AMP Capital report highlighted a poor focus on ethical standards and codes of conduct for staff among listed media companies. The lack of ethical codes can result in financial impacts such as advertising audience ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Although the impacts of the carbon price will vary depending on the business sector, the cost of the carbon price in the first year on the services sector could be as low as 0.1% of general ledger expenses, according to consultancy Pangolin Associates. ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Oil and gas companies are exposed to skills shortages in their workforce, and that exposure and companies' strategic responses pose risks to health and safety, to the environment, and to capital expenditure projects for exploration and production, according ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance and the Victorian state government have launched an AU$7.8m retail project to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people in Victoria. Good Shepherd ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has conducted a carbon and ESG audit of its equity portfolios and found that while domestic Australian equities are more carbon intensive, they have a lower ESG risk than international peers. Bill Hartnett The audits show ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... is an ongoing process - Henry Davis York conducts staff engagement surveys for feedback and pointers. "We continue to conduct staff engagement," O'Connor said. "Our next survey will be in 2012. It's important we get feedback from the stakeholders. We ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... safety total recordable case frequency rate(TRCFR) of 3.3 against a target of less than 3.5, and reviewed its code of conduct and revised its policies "accordingly". In economic targets,Santos reported progress on its "transformational" liquefied natural ...