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Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... presentation', and [a] change to the guidance around competitive harm," said Geraldine Magarey, head of corporate governance policy, Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia. The final framework also reflects a change in who the target audience of ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... provision of services that will come with the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). "Big ticket policy initiatives like the NDIS are supposedly about shifting control and choice to the consumer. Co-ops and mutuals have members ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... independence," he said. "The way the responsible investment function works is we coordinate and support the governance and the policy framework under which they operate, but they have their own way of operating as well. So we encourage the teams to come ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... transparency around engagement with politicians on climate change. That's really contentious and influential area for determining policy on climate change. It's encouraging to see ASX200/NZX50 companies providing greater transparency in that area." However ...

Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... investment in carbon off set projects, both in Australia and internationally due to the economic climate, changing government policy and the reduction in demand and unchanged supply of carbon credits," said Neil Salisbury, report author and Net Balance ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... pricing framework as implemented in the Clean Energy Future legislation, given that there is an absence of an alternative policy that is "likely to be at least as effective and efficient as the carbon-pricing framework," Fabian said in his testimony. ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy, which has social as well as financial implications, said Adam Mooney, Good Shepherd Microfinance chief executive. "What we ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... specifically with Hitachi machinery." Further to the example of that case study, Cobourn noted that Hitachi implemented a policy to only work with suppliers and customers with Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) and long-term legacy plans for the Indigenous ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... businesses to engage in abatement activities, according to analysis by EY. The Liberal coalition government has said its climate policy's main objectives are the repeal of the current Carbon Pricing Mechanism (CPM) and the implementation of the DAP. ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... - in the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001, the fund was charged with developing an investment policy that had to cover as part of it "ethical investment, including policies, standards, or procedures for avoiding prejudice to ...