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Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
In the year since the launch of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Australia's Big Four banks have been mapping their performance against these goals and which goals are relevant to their business strategies. The SDGs came into ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership (CISL) is offering a non-executive director programme for the first time in Melbourne next year, as an extension of its sustainability training programmes for corporate executives. Terence ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... to events at BHP Billiton. He also pointed to industry protocols such as the Mining Association of Canada's Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) as a voluntary framework of best practice. "Basically, we have enormous amounts of data on companies, and we're ...

BNP Paribas to develop products around Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking will develop structured products tied to the Solactive Sustainable Development Goals World Index. BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking has been licensed for the new equity index, which consists ...

ARENA grants $18m to Queensland combined wind, solar, storage project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Coupled with storage, Kennedy will demonstrate how Australia can exploit its wealth of natural resources to deliver sustainable, competitive energy supply for the future."

IGCC, investors outline climate risks, expectations for automotive sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... become more stringent. "Several automotive companies have already recognised they must increase capital expenditure in sustainable driving technology and product pipelines if they are to develop a climate resilient business model," Pfeifer said. "Likewise ...

CEFC, Commonwealth Bank launch energy efficient finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... of our commitment to proactively seek innovative ways to work with our business and corporate customers towards a sustainable, lower-carbon future and economy," said Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, Commonwealth Bank Group executive for institutional banking and ...

Ethical Investment Week to bust the ethical investment return myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... it's a valid investment form," Edkins said. "People can choose options to be shareholder activists, they can be in a sustainable investment fund in a superannuation fund, they can be quite targeted in going for fossil fuel free fund." According to the ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
The Red Meat Advisory Council (RMAC) is developing an Australian Beef Sustainability Framework to define sustainable beef indicators throughout the supply chain. Prue Bondfield, chair of Sustainability Steering Group, Red Meat Advisory Council The Australian ...

Australian Ethical Investment engages on sustainability of meat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... with companies," McKinley said. "We're really interested in the companies selected, the issues raised in terms of sustainable diet, how to achieve a sustainable diet going forward and the intersection between the different issues, including greenhouse ...