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Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... organisation GetUp orchestrated the push for an EGM. To bring an EGM, there must be a call from 100 shareholders or 5% of the total number of shareholders Woolworths' exposure to gaming comes through its stake in the ALH Group. According to a Responsible ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... 25% is owned by the Mathieson Group. According to the statement, "Woolworths (ALH) only operates around 4% of Australia's total hotel and club gaming venues" and "Woolworths (ALH) only operates around 6% of Australia's poker machines." "We will be watching ...

Low Carbon Australia finances stadium lighting upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... lighting was installed in the basketball courts, stadium entrance and trampoline area in January. It has cut the club's total energy site use by 28% and reduced its court energy use by 64%, said Jeremy Maslin, GSI managing director, in a medium statement. ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... commitments aimed at increasing employment for Aboriginal people. The number of self-identified aboriginal employees rose from a total of 1,012 people in 2011 to 1,164 in 2012. There were increases in Indigenous employees at Coles, Bunnings and Office ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... investors' votes on 1,895 resolutions at meetings of ASX300 companies during the 2011 calendar year. The research found a total of nine instances in seven companies' meetings with significant disparities between the voting instructions lodged by the ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... fixed income and is asymmetric return profile. Upside return is capped at the coupon yield, but there is the possibility of total loss in the case of default, the Omega research notes. Mitigating downside risk is a key focus to managing a bond portfolio. ...

Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... energy saving measures at the other three buildings were expected to avoid approximately 200 tonnes annually. Together, the total annual carbon emissions across these four buildings are expected to drop by 23%. "Councils are responsible for street lighting ...

Kenyan bank endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the Natural Capital Declaration as a sign of its commitment to corporate sustainability and assurance of reflection of the total economic value of our company," said Martin Oduor-Otieno, KCB Group's CEO. See Also: Using natural capital to add to risk ...

More than 3,000 respond to GRI comment periods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... comment periods - August to November 2011 and June to September 2012 - to gather public feedback on the G4 exposure draft. A total of 3095 submissions were made - 1832 in the 2011 comment period and 1263 in the second comment period. Feedback was also ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... globally. National Australia Bank is an inaugural signatory of the Natural Capital Declaration, which has 38 signatories in total. At a recent seminar organized by the United Nations Association of Australia, Victoria Division, and sponsored by National ...