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Pollinate Energy to partner with Powershop

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... charging facilities, which are very popular in the communities, Seller said. Thus far, Pollinate has sold in Bangalore, with target customers being the residents of slums who earn day wages. Pollinate Energy previously told The Sustainability Report ...

SVA: Newpin social benefit bond returns 7.5% in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The AU$7 million social benefit bond (SBB) funding the Newpin program run by UnitingCare Burnside will deliver a return of 7.5% to investors this year after its first 12 months. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... in a row that around about half and half split between small scale and large scale. The future of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) was front of mind in the discussion, with participants noting that uncertainty over changes to the target only added to ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... with Australian businesses by first defining the scope of the situation. Annese said she is not in favour of a quota or target approach to increasing the representation of people of Asian cultural background in Australian business. "Our preference is ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... performance was poor." The research was conducted by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and PwC Germany. WWF and PwC established a target universe of 78 companies to examine, "based on the scope of company reach, investor exposure globally and market capitalisation ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... fund members and individuals and organisations in civil society that see superannuation funds as useful institutions to target to accomplish wider social and environmental aims. King's presentation, which The Sustainability Report has seen, focuses on ...

Quantifying intangible assets to manage, drive company value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... analysis rarely comes up in the day-to-day management of the business. So managers aren't using the available information to target initiatives - do you invest in initiatives to reduce turnover, or do something on eco-efficiency or innovation partnerships? ...

Carbon Trade Exchange launches REC trading platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... to spot trade RECs." CTX began development after the current coalition government pledged to retain the Renewable Energy Target (RET), and launched it after Clive Palmer and his Palmer United Party (PUP), which hold four seats in the Senate, also committed ...

Community 21 launches share offer to raise up to AU$4m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... limited to NFPs. Quarmby said he was confident that there was adequate interest in the share offering to meet the minimum target. "I would not have advocated to our group that we do this if we didn't have the confidence that the sector would come on ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... shape their investment environment and being passive to the environment around you is not an option." Inflection Point's target client base will global in nature, targeting sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other large institutional investors ...