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Women On Boards and Abacus to develop women leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Women on Boards is partnering with Abacus - Australian Mutuals, the industry body for Australian credit unions, to improve professional development and leadership opportunities for women working in mutuals. Ruth Medd The partnership between Women on ...

New South Wales announces first social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... each family for an average of nine months with the aim of supporting families to prevent the need of putting children in foster care. The government will pay back the value of the bonds at the end of the term based on the program's effectiveness. The ...

City of Sydney, Low Carbon Australia sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Monica Barone, City of Sydney chief executive. On Low Carbon Australia's part, the agreement means an increased ability to foster closer relationships of owners and tenants of existing buildings to encourage investment in more energy-efficient operations ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The social and environmental supply chain policies and disclosures of ASX-listed companies has come under renewed scrutiny, with Net Balance concluding ASX100 companies do not uniformly disclose those supply chain impacts, and the Australian Council ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... their proxy votes, company directors must improve their communication throughout the year, said David Crawford, chairman of Foster's Group and Lend Lease Group. This year's annual general meeting (AGM) season has seen a heavy focus on executive remuneration ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
ASX100 companies are disclosing their environmental and social impacts on upstream and downstream supply chains, but there is significant variability in disclosures within and between industry sectors and room for improvement, according to a joint report ...

Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... and proxy advisers. "I think the conclusions that are drawn out of the report is right," said David Crawford, chairman of Foster's Group and Lend Lease Group, at the panel discussion. "There has been a failure to communicate. The issue that comes out ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Nearly half of ASX100 companies are exposed to human rights risks in their overseas operations, and almost all of those companies have inadequate management systems in place to mitigate those exposures, a study by Net Balance has found. Net Balance ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... reviewed by stakeholders," according to the report. Macquarie Bank also cited Amcor Ltd, Commonwealth Property Office, Foster's Group Ltd, Insurance Australia Group Ltd, Macarthur Coal Ltd, Orica Ltd, Qantas Airways Ltd, Stockland, and Transurban Group ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... report that looked at the sustainability reporting of 10 companies - ANZ, BHP Billiton, BlueScope Steel, Coca-Cola Amatil, Foster's, NAB, Orica, Rio Tinto, Wesfarmers and Woolworths. All were found to fall short of meeting the information needs of stakeholders ...