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Sustainable Business Australia named WBCSD global partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... investment and innovation and it is here that business plays a critical role." There are more than 30 WBCSD global network partners in Asia Pacific, and joining gives SBA an opportunity to cooperate and interact with regional peers, said Andrew Petersen ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
There are still more than three million Australian adults that are fully or severely excluded from financial products, lending weight to the argument for greater investment in microfinance in Australia, according to Good Shepherd Microfinance. Good ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... company is responsible, Guthrie said. "There are also other issues - if you are conducting activities w/ a range of other partners, what are the legal and contractual obligations of that," Guthrie said. "It's not just a question of being able to write ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... of that, there is a need for support beyond the capital. With Iman Operations, we are linking them with our pro bono partners in Brisbane and providing some chartered accountancy support, getting in on the operations side and helping with advice on cost ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... (ANZFF2). New Forests also completed the final close of the Tropical Asia Forest Fund (TAFF) and expanded the Forest Carbon Partners (FCP) fund in the United States into a second phase. During that time, the company also purchased an operating sawmilling ...

PRI launches guide to private equity and ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in private equity. Integrating ESG in private equity - a guide for general partners is designed to give general partners a link between the integration of ESG and organisational governance, structure ...

Westpac signs on to Soft Commodities Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has become a founding signatory to the Soft Commodities Compact, a banking industry initiative aiming to help clients achieve zero net deforestation by 2020. The Soft Commodities Compact has been developed by the Banking Environment Initiative ...

Ernst Ligteringen to step down from GRI in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... "Working at GRI for the last 11 years with such talented and dedicated colleagues - and with diverse and highly motivated partners, stakeholders and supporters from around the world - has been a source of great personal pride and pleasure," Ligteringen ...

CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions sign expanded partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... climate change disclosures, and will also take on scoring disclosures for the CDP Southeast Asia region. "As one of our key partners, FCS has been a valuable asset to our investor and supply chain members and to CDP," said Nigel Topping, executive director ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investment portfolios containing coal, oil and gas companies "risk lower returns in the long run while portfolios avoiding these companies can provide competitive returns," according to a report published by The Australia Institute in ...