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Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... hands. Subsequently, it was revealed that proxies against the remuneration report totalled 24.57% - 110,053,446 out of a total 447,925,395 exercisable by proxies validly appointed.

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... water intensity across its entire portfolio. DEXUS owns, manages and develops office, industrial and retail properties with total properties under management of more than A$13bn, primarily in Australia and the US. In its 2011 annual review, DEXUS reported ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... versus the reward of outsourcing labour to questionable sources is poor, because labour cost is a small percentage of the total cost of goods sold. AMP cites an Accenture study showing that in the footwear industry, the labour cost for the average multinational ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... global executive director sustainability, in a preface to the report. "ICT is responsible for 5-10% of the typical economy's total electricity consumption," Rowe said. "In some organisations that rely heavily on ICT, such as banks, government and many ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... the report, "companies with a strategic focus on climate change provided investors with approximately double the average total return of the Global 500 from January 2005 to May 2011." The rising importance of climate change to boardroom level is attributed ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... very good in putting out sustainability policies and to some extent paying the ratings game. Q: With AU$3.1bn of the fund's total $6bn invested across responsible investment strategies, the LGS investment decision goes farther than just equities. How ...

ASX100 CEO pay increases faster than stock value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... AU$1.823m and average fixed pay fell, but the median bonus fell 7% to AU$1.122m and the average bonus also fell, although total disclosed pay rose 8.6% to AU$4.388m. Although the size of bonuses has fallen, the number of ASX100 CEOs that receive a bonus ...

Fuji Xerox Australia reports waste reduction, increase in injury rates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... 10.76 in 10/11. LTIFR is calculated by multiplying the number f lost-time injuries by 1,000,000 and then dividing by the total hours worked in the accounting period. "While some fundamentals and priority areas were addressed, there still remains significant ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... two categories - management and policy and implementation and measurement. Management and policy represented 30% of the total GRESB score, with the weight given to implementation and measurement for the remaining 70%. The GRESB Foundation's report, its ...

Mirvac Group net profit up 30%, increased energy savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... energy savings in 2010 and the 11.2m energy savings in 2009. The energy saving measures taken in 2010-2011 resulted in a 2.5% total portfolio energy saving. In its health, safety and wellbeing metrics, Mirvac noted that lost time injury frequency rate ...