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Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... in her five years as chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO Byrne recently announced that she will step down as CEO at the end of October, but she is quick to note that until she leaves ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... billion of investment-grade bonds available to international investors on the secondary market," said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO. "Looking ahead, we believe that there will be further expansion of interest from multilateral, municipal and corporate ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... for two wind farm projects and expanding an existing fund that provides business loans for energy efficiency upgrades. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The AU$10 billion CEFC officially started making investments on Monday, and has announced that it will provide ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... creative ways to improve our business and improve our environmental performance," said Russell Skelton, Macquarie Generation CEO and managing director. "Its new technology is improving a traditional power plant. Carbon is now our single largest cost. ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... of investors who are interested in making sustainability a larger part of their investment thinking," said Peter Webster, CEO of EIRIS. "The EIRIS Global Sustainability Rating was designed with this requirement in mind. As investor expectations rise ...

Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Byrne, chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) will step down in October. Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO Byrne has been ACSI CEO for more than five years, and recently informed ACSI's Committee of Management of her decision. ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... The allocation to the Newpin SBB is aligned with NGS Super's community-based values, said Anthony Rodwell-Ball, NGS Super CEO. The fund does consider environmental, social and governance in its investment process, but does not measure the social impact ...

CDP signs agreements with SASB, GRI to further standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... driving investment decisions and corporate actions to value and protect the Earth's natural capital," said Paul Simpson, CDP CEO. "This alignment will enable companies to elicit the maximum benefit from their reporting efforts and encourage more sustainable ...

IIRC CEO favours market-led adoption of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Integrated Reporting (IR) framework, not mandatory compliance, will lead to better corporate reporting. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO, is in Australia this week to meet with corporate and business officials about the IR framework and ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... the thing you get to as the result of change management," she said. " You've got to have leadership support, because if the CEO isn't behind it, it's not going to happen.. Others are going to drive it, but it's going to be something that you're prepared ...