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ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank reported 70% employee engagement, AU$14.9 million in community investment and management of environmental, social and reputational risks as key non-financial indicators in its 2012 shareholder review. ANZ has presented its responsible practices ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... owner in Australia to insist on voluntary pre-commitment in its hotels by 2014. The report is silent on Woolworths' engagement in the fierce club-led national campaign against mandatory pre-commitment, but it supported the campaign. In all, Woolworths' ...

NAB Asset Servicing developing ESG overlay tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... fund-level information across all ASX300 holdings, but the report could be used by trustees both as a source for funds' own engagement and as a tool to discuss how external fund managers handle ESG exposures as well, Hele said. "We're essentially approaching ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Net Balance's expertise, such as carbon accounting and environmental metrics, social impact measurement, stakeholder engagement, economics and policy analysis. "It will roughly stay as it is," Neil said. "There are some opportunities to do some rethinking ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... moment because they thought the risk is too great, there's too much uncertainty, where other teams are taking a more engagement-focused approach. That has been quite varied. What we encourage them to do is to really understand what the risks are and ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
CPA Australia has published a guide designed to accountants' capacity to provide assurance on sustainability reports for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). Amir Ghandar The report, A Guide for Assurance on SME Sustainability Reports, is a practitioners' ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... demonstrate actions regarding emissions in the supply chain. Now in its second year, CDP Carbon Action expanded its engagement campaign to 415 companies, double the 2011 level. The analysis from companies that responded shows that carbon reduction activities ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... a motion demanding retailer Woolworths Limited to put $1 maximum bet limits on the poker machines they operate, but engagement advisers and active institutional investors say they do not believe the issue is dead and that institutional investors should ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... and advisers such as Regnan to discuss issues such as executive remuneration. She attributed some of the increased engagement to the impact of the two-strikes rule, under which shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... an AU$3.45 dividend per share, also up 4%. In the 2011/2012 financial year, Commonwealth Bank performed an employee engagement survey, with a result of 80%, which the bank said puts in within the top quartile of the global banking industry. However ...