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Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... is committed to demonstrating that its business activities are consistent with the 2C goal. Our revised greenhouse gas policy places us on this pathway with a commitment not to extend the operating life of existing coal-fired power stations. By 2022 ...

Australia falls in EY renewable energy index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Australia has tumbled out of the top ten in EY's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), due to policy changes that has slowed momentum in the market. Australia has fallen from 10 th to 13 th in the most recent RECAI. "Australia's government ...

Companies exposed to anti-bribery, corruption compliance risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... not exercised these rights, KPMG said. For Australian companies, there can frequently be weaknesses in both setting ABC policy at the board level, and in applying/enforcing the policies through the business, Gill said. "Some companies are really good ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... welfare services at asylum seeker detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. "In line with HESTA's long-standing ESG policy, if a company is identified as not complying, directly or indirectly, with international laws, standards or guidelines, HESTA ...

Newpin social benefit bond returns 8.9% in second year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... bringing two new social impact investment transactions to market per year as part of a ten-point social impact investment policy announced this week. NSW is the first state in Australia to articulate a policy for social impact investment. As part of ...

Governance Institute appoints Steven Burrell as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... the Sydney Morning Herald and has won both a Walkley Award and Pan Asian Journalist of the Year Award. He has also been a policy adviser at the federal Treasury and trained as an economist at the University of Sydney, the Governance Institute said. "My ...

Good Money opens Adelaide retail store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy, Good Shepherd Microfinance has previously said. Last year, Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB also published results of research ...

IGCC calls for emissions reductions targets with credible signal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... IGCC welcomed the release of the target, but said that institutional investors expect "credible, transparent, long-term policy frameworks which generate investor confidence." "We are concerned that a target of 26% by 2030 from a 2005 baseline will not ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... collaborating to influence outcomes that support the long-term investment goals of superannuation funds. Two main areas of policy that are of particular importance this year are tax avoidance and the potential global agreements global agreements on climate ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... deforestation and forest degradation in the agricultural value chain. "Addressing deforestation is high on the twenty-first century policy agenda," said Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary-general and UNEP executive director. "The continuing loss of the ...