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AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... retailers - the report named technology changes, changing consumer behaviour and performance and globalisation, such as competition from online and internationalisation that drive price harmonisation as part of the macro context in which Australian retailers ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... dealt with." In addition to the timing considerations, the legislation also introduces two new prohibitions into the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. The first prohibition is on companies engaging in price exploitation in relation to electricity, natural ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... integrated reporting (IR) framework. Ligteringen noted that GRI and IIRC are working together, saying that they are not in competition and that GRI provides the reporting standards for ESG information, while IR provides a framework for integrating financial ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... share of a mature market. On the other hand, Woollies has just 4% of the Australian pub market, with little corporate competition. Its hotel earnings are small, but are 'quality': a gross margin of 81% and earnings 16.25% of sales. The hotel business ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... largest asset owners manage "There's nothing like a league table to get people fired up," Poulter said. "I think the competition will, is already beginning, to have an impact. A couple of Australian funds are the first in the world to make their full ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... CSG and shale large amounts of toxic waste water, and there are questions of cost of using and recovering water, and competition for water as a scare resource between gas industries and other industries such as agribusiness. Finally, there are social/governance ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... food demand, we're going to have to grow the capacity. Some of that is protection of food growing areas, which have competition from mining and urbanisation as well." Lauber Patterson points to other areas of the Clean Energy Future legislative package ...

Foresters finances Eating Disorders Victoria service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Finance was a decision driven by the fact that there have been cuts in funding from state government and by increasing competition for philanthropic funding, said Jennifer Beveridge, EDV CEO. "The social enterprise money was really a source of funds ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Capital. Australian retailers have been hit by a number of prevailing trends, including weak consumption, increased competition from online and overseas retailers, and exogenous pressures such as 2011's sharp increase in the cotton price. As a result ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... how are they going to be assessed and attributed in a company's books. The reason for that is that the [ Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ] ACCC has a hell of a lot of additional funding to look at price gouging. They have come out and ...