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Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Services and has also worked in NSW Treasury, in venture capital in the US and UK, and in the UK Treasury. He steps in as the CEO role has been expanded from a part-time to a full-time role, said David Rickards, SEFA managing director. "It was built ...

City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... trigen plant room: Niall McCarthy director of Eureka Funds Management, City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore, Frasers Property CEO Guy Pahor (Photo Courtesy of City of Sydney) The Central Park development is being built by Frasers Property and Sekisui ...

The hidden movement: how responsible brands strike back

STEPHEN HALE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... called is the 'Product Transparency Movement'. And what's more, it's coming to store near you... literally. The Woolworths CEO, Grant O'Brien, has referenced this as 'consumers driving the future of the businesses through a digital transformation of ...

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... extraordinary range of economic activities and services and are critical to our move to a low carbon future," said Meg McDonald, CEO of Low Carbon Australia. "Quantifying the carbon footprint of such an organisation and reducing carbon emissions is a ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... have called for a more harmonized approach to sustainability reporting and for more comparable data," said Paul Simpson, CDP CEO in a statement. " It will now be easier to incorporate climate risk, opportunity and governance into evaluations of corporate ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Michael Walsh is the recently named executive director and CEO of UCA Funds Management, an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, which manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other ...

CEC to partner with American Council on Renewable Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... world economy, international cooperation on renewable energy is vitally important," said Admiral Dennis McGinn, president and CEO of ACORE. "Considering the growing success of clean energy in both the United States and Australia, our nations will greatly ...

ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Women now comprise 15.5% of ASX200 board members, an increase of 24 women from 2012, according to an annual audit into board diversity performed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The ACSI audit showed that for the first time ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Through this engagement with companies we can gain valuable insights into performance measures and how they may motivate the CEO. All this helps us make better investment decisions. Really the discussions are a win-win - they not only benefit us (and ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Warrnambool lighting project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... project will be greater than loan repayments, meaning that Warrnambool ratepayers will benefit from the very start, said LCAL CEO Meg McDonald. "Street lighting is the single largest source of energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions from the local ...