Search Results

Showing 801 - 810 of 841 results for "material"

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... investment totalled AU$155m, up significantly from 2010's GRI community investment of AU$116m. Westpac report that their material sustainability issues include customer service, regulation, how to keep their multiple brands distinctive, future growth ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the property development, investment, and management company, has identified 22 sustainability related issues that are material to the group and its stakeholders. The issue, which range from business conduct to supply chain, was the basis of its 2011 ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
A majority of ASX200 and NZ50 companies reported to this year's Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) that they saw risks associated with carbon pricing, but many also saw opportunities and only 4% of respondents said the risks were rated as high. According ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... income investment process is a work in progress because there are no clear answers as to how to translate ESG issues into material impacts, which in turn has contributed to a relative dearth of ESG -specific fixed income products. "Imagine some utilities ...

75% of ASX100 exposed to corruption in high-risk countries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... in company codes and 76% of US top 100 companies prohibit bribery. The report sheds light on bribery as a potentially material risk to companies' reputations and operations - always a difficult task when it comes to social issues, noted Duncan Paterson ...

Dean Paatsch launches new governance advisory firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... regulatory issues that affect their shares." The reporting service on individual companies will generate a year-round flow of material issues, to spread the information-gathering and analysis of companies throughout the year. "The idea here is that we're ...

New standards for measuring GHG emissions in value chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has developed two new standards that will measure greenhouse gas emissions across companies' value chains and across product life cycles. The Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) harmonizes global methodology to measure corporate ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of ASX500 companies shows that there are 235 women holding 307 directorship positions, and 233 companies have at least one woman on board. The research note authored by the Reibey Institute noted that women hold 9.5% of ASX500 board positions ...

Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has welcomed copper producer Codelco as a member company. Meanwhile, BHP Billiton CEO Marius Kloppers has taken over as chair of the ICMM. "We are pleased to have Codelco aboard as an ICMM member," ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... be a focus for the 2012 financial year. Overall, employee engagement and benefits have been identified by DEXUS as a material issue for the company, DEXUS said it outperformed in 18 of the top 19 categories of the Towers Watson Australian National Norm ...