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NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  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. Good Shepherd Microfinance's provider network includes 246 community organisations ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Change mandates and incentives 5. Improve the quality of data provided by companies and investors 6. Provide an enabling policy environment Source: KPMG

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... management, labour practice indicators and human rights, climate strategy, supply chain management, brand management, anti-crime policy and measures, codes of conduct, compliance, corruption and bribery. Of the ASX200 listed companies, 48 were included ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... also ranked on two dimensions to generate GRESB's quadrant model. The score is ranked on two dimensions - management and policy and implementation and measurement. GRESB ranks organisations in four categories - green starter, green talk, green walk and ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental co-benefits ranked third." Although Australia's mandatory carbon pricing mechanism has been abolished, under policy proposals by the Abbott government, Australia could convert to a voluntary carbon market. The Carbon Farming Initiative ...

EY buys Net Balance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... capability to meet this area of growing demand from clients, but in particular strengthening our sustainability advisory policy and research capability," said Mathew Nelson, EY Asia-Pacific Climate Change and Sustainability leader. Nationally, EY Australia's ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
If Australia is to make a long-term transition to lower carbon energy sources, it will require ongoing policy support from state and federal government as well as long-term investment from the private sector, while recognising that the impacts of renewable ...

Australian National University Investment Office selects CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... responsible for managing the university's funds and preparing investment strategy and other asset allocation and investment policy papers for consideration by the University's governing bodies, according to ANU. The Investment Office internally manages ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... state and the way in which the public sector delivers services - moving towards a more entrepreneurial model. "Since I do policy, I would say that starting from capital, from money, is tactical," he said. "It's the best way to hook the marketplace. But ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Humanitarian Research Partners." Walsh emphasised that the existence of detention centres is a matter of Australian government policy, and the decision to exclude Transfield Services is based on the human rights concerns in the detention centres and ...