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Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... investment professionals that sustainability reporting has become more sophisticated. Nick Ridehalgh, partner CFO Advisory at KPMG traced the evolution of sustainability reporting from "glossy" marketing material to substantial non-financial disclosures ...

ASX reports on progress towards gender diversity targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... disclosure of the proportion of women in organisations, according to an ASX-commissioned report. The ASX-commissioned report by KPMG noted that 100% of ASX20 companies had adopted a gender diversity policy or explained why not, while 99% of ASX200-500 ...

Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... modelling and corporate strategy. Alongside Big Society Capital, she has held positions with Social Finance, Azure Capital and KPMG Corporate Finance, as well as advisory roles with Bridges Ventures, RBS Microfinance Fund, and the Financial Services ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... will have to start the transition to the G4 guidelines. Adrian King, partner in charge, climate change and sustainability at KPMG Australia, says that companies are not investing in sustainability initiatives, but will invest in the costs to transition ...

Remuneration consultant disclosure regime questioned

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... 2012 or because they were taking recommendations in 2012." The professional services firms - PwC, Deloitte/Towers Watson, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Mercer and Egan Associates were consultants commonly disclosed as providing remuneration advice, the report ...

More Australian companies report corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
More than 80% of leading Australian companies report in the area of corporate responsibility, according to KPMG. KPMG has issued its 8 th Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting a global analysis of 4,100 companies. Overall, 82% of Australian companies ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... identify that we are over 10,000 tonnes in excess of our target. If you were to take the 3,500 out, it would be in excess." KPMG provided limited assurance for the sustainability metrics, but Walton noted that they did not audit the narrative around ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... their Australia and New Zealand operations in the ranking, while the rest, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Zurich, Ricoh and Siemens, excluded their Australia and NZ operations, Dayeh said. "We look forward to working with, supporting ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... the policy settings in place honours these investments while unlocking over $18 billion of investment to come." Separately, KPMG this week released a report analysing Chinese direct investment. Australia is the largest recipient of Chinese outbound direct ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... organisations have lost an estimated AU$373 million due to fraud in the last two years, but only 15% of organisations surveyed by KPMG see fraud as a key risk. Gary Gill "People don't take fraud, bribery and corruption seriously enough, until the situation ...