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BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Aiming for A's approach, which was built on consensus building between investors as well as between the coalition and the target companies. "What Aiming for A has done is a very clever thing, in that she took an inefficient model that had previously ...

AICD backs 30% women ASX200 directors target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is backing a 30% target for female directors of ASX200 companies by 2018. This new target is a "significant extension" of AICD's previous diversity initiatives, said John Brogden, AICD managing director ...

Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emissions by 80% or more by 2050. "The City of Melbourne is committed becoming a carbon neutral city, and has a target of zero net emissions by 2020," said Lord Mayor Robert Doyle. "This alliance will support us to work through the challenges ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Currently, only 10% of the 252 Australian companies held by AMP Cpaital meet that point. AMP Capital noted that to hit that 30% target, 269 male directors would have to be replaced by women, or 400 women directors would have to be added, at a total cost ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The founders of Future Super have launched Future Home Loans, a mortgage broking company that will assist people in taking up or switching their home loans to banks that do not finance the expansion of the fossil fuel sector. Simon Sheikh, managing ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Standard has released draft criteria for bioenergy projects to qualify for certification. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The Climate Bond Standard's Bioenergy Technical Working Group has developed the proposed eligibility ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... further increasing the risks. While many start-ups have proliferated in the payday lending business, we believe many of these target employed clients as a means of lowering bad debt risk, and therefore the perception of predatory lending is lower. In ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The payday lending and goods rental/leasing sector is a fast-growing part of the financial services sector, but there are social and financial risks to the sector. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney Recently, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia ...

AMP Capital to advise GII on renewable infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
AMP Capital will advise Japanese company GII on investments in renewable energy assets, as part of AMP Capital's ongoing financial relationship with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB). AMP Capital will assist GII in acquiring high quality ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The founders of Future Super will branch out into the home loans space by launching a service encouraging people to take up or switch their home loans to banks that do not finance the expansion of the fossil fuel sector. Future Home Loans will launch ...