Corporate Strategy

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be a vehicle for innovation and not just risk mitigation, and the challenge for CSR practitioners is to find the areas where businesses can use social needs as a source of profit generation.

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are investigating Leighton Holdings over payments that may have been made by a subsidiary company "in connection with work to expand offshore loading facilities for Iraq's crude oil exports." But Duncan Paterson, CEO ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs are predominately driven by the view that its value is derived from enhancing corporate reputation, reducing risk and facilitating regulatory compliance, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm, is forming a working group to lobby for changes to address what the managing director calls a lack of clarity around the process of putting shareholder resolutions to an annual general meeting (AGM).

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Although nine companies in the ASX50 are "well placed" in how they integrate non-financial information with financial disclosures in public documents, the majority of ASX50 companies have been assessed as being less than 50% integrated, according to ...

Government extends deadlines for Solar Flagship Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government has extended the tender process for grants to its Solar Flagship Program, designed to fund the construction of a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power station.

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry will give a keynote address at the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s fifth annual conference on the state of corporate social responsible in Australia.

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Global businesses are increasingly integrating climate change strategies into their supply chain procurement guidelines, but suppliers' rates of reducing greenhouse gas emission are lower than their corporate clients, according to a Carbon Disclosure ...

Henry Davis York reports increase in pro bono, energy and travel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Law firm Henry Davis York reported a 17% increase in the firm's contribution to pro bono hours and the extension of an existing partner development program to include administrative and management staff, but also disclosed increases in purchased energy ...

Global Reporting Initiative publishes events sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published a new guidance for the events sector to increase the relevance of reporting on issues including greenhouse gas emissions, waste, attendee travel, event legacy, and initiatives taken at an event to promote ...