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Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon's never been traded before. That's one of the challenges that's being worked through. It's going to ostracise some people in the market if ASIC turn around and say you need electricity trading experience, because it means that people how do have ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... doubling food-and-agri-production while protecting and improving the Earth's supporting natural systems and local habitats of people." The Natural Capital Declaration has been developed by the United Nations Environment Programme's Finance Initiative ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Melbourne] to ensure that they have positive 100% tenant agreement," McDonald of Low Carbon Australia said. "I think that people will need to get their heads around how to deal with the tenant issues in Melbourne, but I think that's one of the reasons ...

Rio Tinto, government partner for Pilbara governance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Tinto Iron Ore to help ensure a landmark native title agreement in the Pilbara delivers sustainable benefits for Indigenous people. The partnership will see the Australian Government and Rio Tinto deliver key native title groups in the Pilbara with governance ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... RAP in June 2011. "The RAP is our formal commitment to assisting in closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people," the report explained. "As one of the largest employers in Australia, we recognise the practical contribution we can make ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... organisation - CFOs or the finance department," said Geraldine Magarey, the institute's manager sustainability. "It really is for people perhaps who are looking to where to start and where to understand the process. It's about looking at those key themes ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... there will be markets created in respect of them. The whole purpose of the financial services regime is to regulate how people behave. Thus, this is entirely expected." The AFS license permits holders to provide financial product advice to clients; deal ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... to support those in more immediate need." According to the report, health received 23% of contributions, education/young people received 20% of contributions and emergency relief jumped from 5% in 2010 to 20% in 2011. Contributions per employee were ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... St Laurence since 2002 on the Saver Plus program, which is a matched savings and financial education program to assist people on low incomes to develop savings. Participants set savings goals and receive financial education, and after 10 months, all ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... relevant external research, the group split their related material issues into six categories - business conduct, Mirvac people, external stakeholders, environmental impact, product responsibility and supply chain. Out of the 22 issues that were identified ...