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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2012
Sir Stuart Hampson believes happiness is the key to company sustainability.
When Jigme Singye was King of Bhutan, he took the unconventional approach of declaring "Gross National Happiness" as the measure of success for his government. Bhutan is, of course, a country with a tiny populatio...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2011
Tony Featherstone argues that boards should be preparing for heightened inspection of their organisations’ environmental, social and governance practices and sustainability reporting.
Corporate Australia, financial markets and billion-dollar super funds are on a collision course over susta...
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Content Type:
General
19 Jan 2011
Australian
Australian Shareholders’ Association (ASA). Read policy statements, submissions and opinion pieces.
St James Ethics Centre
International
AccountAbility
A UK-based but international member organisation concerned with developing competencies i...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Steve Gibbs
explains why climate change is still a critical boardroom issue even though little progress has been made on an emissions trading scheme or international agreement on future action.
Keeping climate change on the table
With the shelving of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Schem...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
Phil Ruthven
investigates whether Australia is indeed an intelligent nation.
Measuring our smarts
If Australia was to judge its goal, as former Prime Minister Bob Hawke once said, as the intelligent nation, then one set of statistics suggests we are a long way short of this aspiration.
F...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
Many organisations have already assessed their carbon footprints and whether they comply with state and Federal regulations. But what do they do next to reduce their carbon emissions?
Andrew Griffiths
and
Alexander Stathakis
provide some pointers.
Beyond carbon compl...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
While future carbon legislation remains uncertain, there is no escaping the emerging low-carbon world.
Zilla Efrat
reports on how companies that do not manage the risks will lose out.
Winning in a low carbon world
No escape
Carbon emissions cannot be ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
Directors social impact
I recently had the pleasure of hosting our NSW Fellows Lunch in Sydney, where we launched important new research throwing light on the enormous contribution the director community makes to Australian society through its involvement in not-for-profit (NFP) organisations, incl...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
A number of reform initiatives could lead to an overhaul of the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. We asked three NFP directors how they believed the role of directors could change and what new challenges could be created for them.
Shaking up the NFP sector
Darren Beazley MAICDPresident, Asth...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2010
An AICD study unveils details about the huge contribution Australia’s directors make to the not-for-profit sector.
Directors’ Social Impact Study
Towards the end of 2009, AICD set out to gain further insights into the contribution directors make to the economy and society through their engagem...
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Content Type:
Media Release
23 Feb 2010
Directors are making a significant contribution to Australian society and the economy through their deep involvement in charities, community service organisations and other not-for-profit (NFP) boards, a new study by the Australian Institute of Company Directors has found.The Directors Social Impact...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2010
Mary Verschuer
examines the challenges faced by Australian directors following the recent Copenhagen climate summit.
Post-Copenhagen climate change challenges
The outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit was somewhat less than expected. Many hoped for some certainty about the cons...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2009
A peek at some of the issues directors need to consider as we edge into an increasingly carbon-constrained business world.
Climate change update
Corporate Australia has passed a key first hurdle with flying colours as it enters a new carbon constrained world.
The Department of Climate Change’s...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2009
There is no escaping the new carbon economy.
Giles Parkinson
provides an update on the climate change homework directors need to do to avoid any surprises.
Gearing up for the carbon economy
There is no doubt that the carbon economy is upon us. Even with the uncertainty surroundin...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2009
Climate change poses yet another governance challenge for directors.
Dr Chris Mitchell
explains why vigilance and engagement are crucial for boards.
The new green-fields thinking
In a rapidly changing world, directors are required to reconsider old issues in new ways and are conf...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2009
Letters to the editor
I share E C Fox’s concern with the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) (Letters, Company Director, December 2008). The jolt to the political momentum behind the CPRS, delivered by the current global financial and economic crises, provides a timely opportunity to ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2009
John M Green
argues that viewing corporate responsibility through a shareholder lens is not the least bit anti-social.
Take the ‘social’ out of CSR
In these dour days of slumping profits, volatile share prices and shrunken personal fortunes, the last thing many of us will worry about is ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2008
Janine Mace
provides some advice on how directors can embrace CSR reporting as it becomes a necessity rather than a choice.
CSR reporting goes mainstream
It’s annual reporting time again. While directors are familiar with the demands of reporting on their company’...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2008
Giles Parkinson
reports on how investors are increasingly scrutinising the way companies address the challenges of climate change and carbon pricing.
The green microscope
Should director and executive remuneration be linked to performance on developing climate cha...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2008
Young philanthropists don’t act like previous generations.
Tony Featherstone
discusses how charity boards can engage a new breed of entrepreneurs.
Engaging young philanthropists
Years ago, the biggest problem with making a rich list was extra scrutiny from the Aus...