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Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... could have a huge impact on the Australian tourism industry. It could also have knock-on effects to fishermen and other people and businesses who derive their livelihood from reefs." Hoegh-Guldberg noted that the damage to coral reefs is tightly correlated ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... those ideals, and the decisions they will make as they reach for the future.... It will resemble the sorts of things that people talk about in quasi-private equity models - we might not take a seat on the board, but we might put a key person clause in ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... have a great story to tell. Our strategy is sound, but it hasn't been communicated in a way that inspires and engages our people, our customers and our shareholders. So we really thought about how we could change out communication from what we do to ...

Nippon Gas buys stake in COzero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... said. "It's really kind of a low-cost alternative to expensive building management systems that have traditionally cost people $150,000 or more. Our solution can be delivered for $5,000. As it's always said, if you don't know how you're using it, you ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... year. Comparatively, 67% of other companies report reductions in emissions. "It's quite intuitive, really," Day said. "People respond to incentives, and if you set KPIs for staff based solely on financial metrics, they're likely to only focus on those ...

Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... intended, tobacco kills," the fund said. "Cbus is of the view that the current targeting by tobacco companies of young people in developing countries is not a sustainable business model and opens Cbus to investment and reputation risk." Cbus also cited ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... socially - criminal recidivism, or families in which children are placed in foster care. "Social benefit bonds clearly excite people, but we are talking about intractable problems that haven't easily been solved by the state," Christensen said. "We say ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... think it is fairly universal for organisations, particularly organisations with a young workforce," Dunn said. "... [M]any people are concerned about things that are greater than the organisation they work for and themselves - it is no longer the case ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... are time intensive for both the board chairmen and for the investor or investment manager. "AMP Capital have a team of 4 people devoted to ESG, so we have the resources to engage," she said. "When I meet with the company chairmen, our analysts will often ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... from applying it nationally." Establishing a "green loans" program to fund energy retrofits across residences owned by people on lower incomes is another policy initiative, Keech said. "The second possible measure that would help is that there would ...