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Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... input for cooling purposes, and to growth in Coles businesses, "including more effective water metering to improve data quality." Richard Goyder, Wesfarmers managing director, identified human capital and carbon emissions as material issues to the business' ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... was carried out by Manidis Roberts on behalf of GRI Focal Point Australia. "Sustainability reporting can add value and quality to management information, ensuring that vital performance information is disclosed - and integrated into core strategy and ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... processes, but tested their theory with further research. The metrics have seen Omega's bond investments tilt towards higher quality countries, such as countries in Scandinavia, said Andrew Cleeland, Omega investment research analyst. "The willingness ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... selling green bonds to fund the development of the national broadband network. Sean Kidney "There's a flight to yield with quality," Kidney told The Sustainability Report. "What investors are looking for is not AAA - there is too much AAA. It's negative ...

Citi: "Carbon bubble" represents 1-2% of ASX200 value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... years out and a third of value remains 15 years out, according to the report. The report also finds that "low cost, high quality producers with good export infrastructure may fare better during a transition away from coal." "At the moment, we value companies ...

PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... inside our firm in terms of the benefit of investment return and/or risk reduction from garnering insights into companies' quality by assessing ESG factors, and thirdly, there seemed a lot of interest in this from our investment teams answering these ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... solely on cheap labour came with its own risks, both in terms of labour exploitation as well as issues relating to goods' quality. "We believe companies that establish long-term relationships with high quality suppliers are better placed than those that ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... the city with water and the forests where those sheds are located provide regulatory services and control of the water quality. If that service didn't exist, the city of Melbourne would have to build water treatment facilities at an estimated cost of ...

Emerald Club and Premium Wealth Management sign alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... the Emerald Wrap, but that's on the proviso that the underlying investment options within the Emerald Wrap are of top quality," Medcalf said. "This is one of the reasons why we're partnering with Premium - we want to make sure that the funds are not ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... executive compensation and the companies' business practices in developing countries. "We are focused on boards and the quality of boards and the independence of boards, along with issues of succession planning and board performance," Bennett said. "We ...