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New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... don't talk about it in a way because it's a raison d'etre. You don't have a cooperative business unless you have a group of people that collectively decide that they have a need that they can address." The BCCM board is made up of organisations including ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... behalf of its collective clientele is more effective. "The issue of data collection is equally important," Smith said. "As people push programs further down the supply chain, as data became more involved across the environment, bribery, and the complexity ...

ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... there were 108 executive and non-executive directors appointed in 2012, and of those, 78 seats - or 68% - were filled by 70 people who are not currently directors of ASX100 companies. The research, conducted by Ownership Matters, saw 55 new entrants ...

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 ...