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Skilled labour shortage potentially increases corporate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Western Australia has a shortage of earthmoving plant operators, mechanics, carpenters and joiners. Skills shortage pose a material risk to a company because of wage pressure, project delays, bottlenecks and the curbing of expansion plans. Regnan notes ...

Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... assets and water liabilities, and a statement of changes in water assets and water liabilities. WASB said in explanatory material that AWAS can be used by water users, investors in water dependent enterprises and related parties "such as lenders, creditors ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... particularly when exercising voting rights. "ACSI believes that 'good' governance requires boards to consider and manage all material risks facing the company, including environmental, social and corporate governance risks. These guidelines provide companies ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... considerations for institutional investors looking to invest in property either directly or indirectly, but more as a material consideration and almost a self-fulfilling factor. "I will never claim that they're number one factors in the investors' mind ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... included and excluded business entities such as subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, defines when ESG risks are material under ASX Principle 7, how companies should identify, manage and communicate ESG risks, and how and when a company should ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Although sustainability/ESG considerations and sovereign defaults are not, at first pass, connected to each other, when Tim Hodgson, senior investment consultant and head of Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Group talks about both, the word "imbalances" ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... disclose and depending on their assumptions, they may not all be consistent. In the case of Penrice Soda, a company with a material earnings impact, they've also put out a release since the release of the carbon package and it's not entirely clear the ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... of child, forced or compulsory labour." ANZ engages with stakeholders including employees to provide understanding of material issues and informs the development of corporate responsibility targets, the report said. In the area of anti-corruption, the ...

ACSI releases study on ASX200 ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... "Unfortunately, this once again indicates that there are a significant proportion of ASX200 companies who do not understand the material nature of sustainability risks and the importance investors place on the disclosure of performance against and effective ...

Solaris Investment Management appoint ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... consideration, we have formulated an approach that offers a balance for all parties concerned. It involves consciously identifying material ESG-related issues that might affect stock performance and investing using such issues as criteria."