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Mirvac partners with YWCA NSW for social enterprise HQ cafe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... about how we invest in our communities to create social impact," said Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, said Mirvac CEO and managing director. "Our new headquarters at 200 George Street provided an opportunity for the team to do things differently and make a real ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... more complicated by a potential minority government and because of the new composition of the Senate, said Judith Fox, director, policy at the Governance Institute. "We think that it's going to be very hard to get it up the list when there's so much ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... risk management strategies. "ESG is more about a risk management approach," said Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers director for Australia and New Zealand. "You either go the exclusion approach, or you go further up the spectrum and manage the risk ...

Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Responsibility (ACCSR)'s 8 th Annual Review of the State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand. Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility This year's review asked participants to give information on how they're ...

Podcast: Australia's Affordable Housing Solution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... organisations and governments. This episode features affordable housing experts and field practitioners: Mark Peacock, director of impact investing at Social Ventures Australia. Wendy Hayhurst, CEO of the New South Wales Federation of Housing Associations. ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... consistent way." There needs to be metrics with more comparability and transparency across the industry, said Mark Peacock, director of impact investing at SVA. "It's challenging, of course, because it's a market that is reasonably fragmented, and lots ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... they're putting significant undisclosed shareholder money in another direction," said Caroline Le Couteur, executive director, ACCR. "Your company is walking both sides of the street. If you think [climate change] is a significant issue, that doesn't ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... the baseline in the mining industry." However, scenario and stress testing shouldn't be seen as the end point of the director's obligations. "I think there's a danger then that what used to be the standard tick the box is replaced by a more extensive ...

Women comprise 42% of 2016 ASX200 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... to 23.6%, according to research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). John Brodgen, AICD managing director and chief executive officer Overally, 42% of appointments thus far in 2016 have been women. Medibank currently has the highest ...

Sandfire Resources completes DeGrussa Solar Power Project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... to have a transformational impact on the global economy over the next decade," said Karl Simich, Sandfire's managing director. "These include solar power combined with a state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery storage facility, which has been used for the ...