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Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... of government assistance, we were looking at up to 10 years to break even, which is a little bit too long to encourage people to go down that path. We would generally hold our properties for longer than 10 years, but if a fund has to pay off energy and ...

Metcash drop paper supplier over Indonesian foresting concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... the end of the day, I'm here to encourage businesses to reduce their environmental and social impact while profiting our people. This supply chain program is a powerful tool to help us achieve our goal." Metcash is a wholesale distribution and marketing ...

James Thier retires from Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... financial crisis, 9/11, and there have been new products like the Climate Advocacy Fund as well. The company is now 50-odd people - when I started there was one full time employee and five directors. Everyone was doing everything." While intending to ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... whether they knew someone who might be suitable. By doing this, chairmen would be limiting the candidate pool to only those people who are known by existing board members. What I've suggested in the book is to critically look at the way in which you ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... also for the first time asked questions about social issues - health and safety, impact on biodiversity, displacement of people, greenfield and brownfield developments, tenancy issues and how companies and developments engage with the community in which ...

Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... boards. I think we have to be mindful of that, and encouraging companies to go beyond the pool to the wider pool of available people in corporate Australia, public service Australia, and non-profit Australia. I think there is a risk that basically, you'll ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... south -are arguments that don't stand up to economic analysis. Indonesia has a rapidly growing population, they have more people with more money, and there is a role for the meat industry in Australia to supply that. But the worst thing to come out of ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... actions and policies that it had undertaken in the past year. In the area of human rights, ANZ has established "Respecting people and communities: ANZ's approach to human rights", a guide that was rolled out in October 2010 to ANZ employees in four languages ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... draft legislation, Anderson's clients are "digesting the details" and thinking about the broader impacts of the regime. "People are obviously looking at what are the assistance packages available to them," he said. "They are also spending their time ...

CBRE certified carbon neutral in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... certified carbon neutral. "The reduction strategies we have put in place give us a great opportunity to communicate with our people about the impact they can have on greenhouse gas emissions," said Rebecca Pearce, CBRE's head of sustainability for the ...