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ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... in 2012, Jacques Nasser, chairman of BHP Billiton, who received $1.15 million and David Turner, chairman of Commonwealth Bank, who received $831,619. See Also: ACSI: Average fixed CEO pay declined in 2012

UN Global Compact designs equities index that outperforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... 17.7%, and both the GC 100 and the FTSE All World rose 12% over the last three years. Australian listed entities ANZ, Commonwealth Property Office Fund, National Australia Bank and Westpac are included in the index. "While the performance of the GC 100 ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian companies make up 12 of the overall Global 500 companies- Wesfarmers, Woolworths, Woodside, ANZ Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, NAB, Westfield, Westpac, CSL, Telstra, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. There is a range of results in the 12 ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... would participate in the refinancing of a stake in the existing Macarthur Wind Farm in Victoria. The CEFC and Commonwealth Bank also announced the AU$100 million expansion of an existing Low Carbon Australia co-financing program for energy efficiency ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... that will make loans to mid-range businesses undertaking energy efficiency and small scale renewable projects. Commonwealth Bank is also allocating AU$50 million to the fund, which will make Energy Efficiency Loans (EELs) available to the market, significantly ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been highlighted for its improved sustainability performance, one of five "mega cap" companies to receive upgraded scores in the EIRIS Global Sustainability Report 2013. EIRIS's sustainability ratings assess corporate ...

Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society have created an AU$10 million social benefit bond (SBB) funding the new Family Preservation Service. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, head of social innovation at Westpac The ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... which we hope to expand in the future." Last year, the New South Wales government announced that Westpac Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society will develop an AU$10m social benefit bond - to fund a program to assist at-risk ...

GRESB hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Prime Property Fund Industrial, managed by Lend Lease, as the industrial sector leader, and GFSGAM's Commonwealth Bank Group Super (CBGSA) the diversified sector leader. According to GRESB, 75% of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Australia index responded ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... ensure that corporations cannot avoid criminal liability in practice; improve co-ordination and case referral among commonwealth and state authorities; tap into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's expertise in fighting corporate crime ...