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Addressing the human crisis of climate change displacement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... but that displacement can be prevented and repaired if government policies are put in place to focus on ensuring affected people have access to land, according to a new book edited by climate change expert Scott Leckie. Scott Leckie, executive director ...

University of Sydney Business School adopts CAER research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... training on the platform," he said. "One of the things that CAER brings to the party is a strong local research team. The people using the research at the school will be able to chat to our analysts about this particular company or that particular co ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Gerrard said. "One of the good things that the CFI set up was a clear pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to participate," she said. "There are methodologies, such as the savanna burning methodology in what's known as the 1,000 millimetre ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... phase ten to 15 years ago," Hems said. "The biggest challenge we've been faced with is recognising the potential. Most people think of for-profits and not for profits, and have the traditional models for both, without recognising that co-ops and mutual ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... participated in the survey, a record high for ACCSR. "Despite the fact that we've got high awareness now of CSR, and there people with jobs in CSR - I'm using that term very broadly- despite the fact that we have well established institutions such as ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Then the next thing is to tart to develop new products for impact investing. There will be a range of product offerings so people will be able to pick and choose how much financial return they get and how much social return their funds develop - in some ...

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... limited presence at the moment." Establishing a carbon business has social, environmental and economic benefit for the Olkola people, said Michael Ross, chairman, Olkola Aboriginal Corporation. "Establishing a carbon business is a major step forward ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... other "interested parties" around improving practises in the payday lending sector, Walsh said. "I'm talking with different people about our ambitions to form a collaborative engagement around the payday lending sector," he said. "What we need to do ...

PRI coalition calls for improved palm oil practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... working with palm oil purchasers on similar commitments on no deforestation, no development on peat and no exploitation of people, land and communities. IWG continues to support the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) as the central body for governance ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... community and government relations, and social license to operate "The concern the industry has, and this comes from talking to people - I mean I've know some of these guys for 25, 30 years - is that the coal seam gas industry is only as good as the ...