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NZ Super excludes nuclear base operators from investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... operators because they are involved in programs to extend the life of nuclear stockpiles in the United States and United Kingdom. The NZ$22bn NZ Superannuation Fund will exclude publicly listed companies Babcock & Wilcox, Fluor Corporation, Huntington ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Minister David Cameron and President of France Francois Hollande announced Wednesday evening that France and the United Kingdom will implement the EITI, the global standard for transparency of government revenues from natural resources.

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... it would give directors a confidence to speak about these things." Fox noted that other markets, including the United Kingdom, have a safe harbour provision to their business judgment rule as pertains to forward-looking statements. Despite calling for ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... largest underweight largely due to governance issues, while countries with high quality long-term ratings such as the United Kingdom and the United States were slightly underweight largely as a result of poor environmental indicators. Tilting portfolios ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... 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 CEO of the Institute of Corporate ...

Rann steps down as chairman of Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Rann has stepped down as chairman of Low Carbon Australia to take up an appointment as high commissioner to the United Kingdom. Martijn Wilder, a director of Low Carbon Australia and head of Baker and Mackenzie's global climate change and emissions trading ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... requirements for all listed company resolutions to be resolved by poll and not a show of hands. Paatsch noted that the United Kingdom already has an independent scrutineer clause in place. "It hasn't been abused in the UK, and there is no suggestion ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... forecast to remain stable for the next five years based on current project pipeline and asset portfolio. In the United Kingdom, facilities managers and building services managers continue to reduce energy consumption by monitoring the building management ...

David Bradbury announces inquiry on future of the AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to recent discussions of companies moving voluntarily to annual board elections, as currently practised in the United Kingdom. "I welcome these discussions because they show that directors are increasingly willing to subject their performance to the ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... policies, behaviour and technologies. Surveys were conducted in Australia, Canada, China, India, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The methodology, developed by Connection Research and RMIT, calculated separate indices ...