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CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... are achieving savings of about 70 per cent on lighting bills, following a lighting upgrade that has also improved the quality of office spaces, the building's value and its competitiveness. A $2 million upgrade to a Sydney CBD office and commercial retail ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... increased its focus on succession planning for senior management and boards of directors and sees the issue as part of overall quality of leadership when considering governance issues in companies. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance manager ...

PRI, GRESB agree to closer collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... and the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) have agreed to deepen their cooperative work to improve the quality and consistency of reporting by global real estate investors and companies. GRESB and PRI have collaborated to develop alignment ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... taking from this new framework," he said. "We've gotten too hung up around compliance, to the extent that the report was a quality document, but had less overall value to the end reader. The new framework will allow us to take a couple of steps back ...

More Australian companies report corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... on corporate responsibility - an increase from 33% in 2011 to 68% this year. Australia is now joint fourth in terms of quality of reports in the world's top 250 companies, KPMG said. "The debate over whether companies should publish a CR report is over," ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... long-standing Lacey Act in the United States and potential developments in Asian markets as well. "We really believe in high quality third party certification," Hanlon said. "It is really important for transparency. One of the shifts we've seen is that ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... annually. CFSGAM has also committed to having its implementation of the Global Stewardship Principles reviewed in an annual quality assurance going forward. The responsible investment staff at CFSGAM will work with the business's various asset management ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... and many companies have and hope that many will begin to take a longer-term view." There have been improvements to the quality of data that companies are reporting to CDP, Day said. "Big emitters in the ASX are responding to market demands to verify ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... way that retailers manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures can be a proxy for their management quality, according to research from AMP Capital Investors. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital There are fewer links between individual ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... with Meridian Energy, which offers farmers "easy and affordable access to solar energy through a package including a high quality grid connected solar system and a 100% Westpac equipment finance loan," according to the bank, and provided educational ...