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Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
With retailer Woolworths Limited facing a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) over a move to change the company's constitution to limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 maximum bets, another distributor, Metcash, faced media allegations ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Shareholders in retailer Woolworths Limited will be asked at a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to vote on a motion demanding the company limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 bets. GetUp, the activist group behind the campaign to curb ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... capital raisings. Vas Kolesnikoff, CEO of the Austrailan Shareholders Association, cited the recent example of the Woolworths Notes II issue in early November. While not technically an equity raising alone, but rather a hybrid issue with both debt and ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to products and services. According to the report, ANZ has the highest company average score at 54.2%, followed by Woolworths at 52.6% and Fosters Group at 51.6%, while the top 10 companies scoring an average of 44%. The report found that across industries ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Woolworths launched a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to advance opportunities of Indigenous Australians and reported a 30% decrease in its lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR), against a backdrop of a 5.1% increase in net profit to AU$2.124bn for ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... to products and services. According to the report, ANZ has the highest company average score at 54.2%, followed by Woolworths at 52.6% and Fosters Group at 51.6%, while the top 10 companies scoring an average of 44%. The report found that across industries ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... providers of internationally traded goods, which won't receive industry assistance. For these companies, among them Woolworths and other retailers, and even more so the more emissions intensive airlines Qantas and Virgin Blue, it's so far unclear to ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... CSL Ltd, Dexus Property Group, Goodman Fielder, Origin Energy Ltd, Oil Search Ltd, OneSteel Ltd, Wesfarmers Ltd, and Woolworths Ltd.

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
A study of five Australian organisations, including Blackmores and Woolworths, has shown that companies that invest in sustainable business operations and incorporate ESG factors into their financial reporting are seeing returns on investment much sooner ...

Diane Grady appointed to Macquarie board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... effective as of 19 May. Grady has been a full time independent director since 1994 and has served on boards including Woolworths Ltd (1996-2010), Goodman Group (1997-2010), Lend Lease (1994-2002), MLC (1996 - 2002) and is currently a Director of Bluescope ...