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Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "There are new protocols for understanding different aspects of company value and being able to report on how companies create value," Black said. "There will be a lot of work this year ...

Australian Ethical Investment AUM up 13% in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... that you can [invest ethically] and absolutely don't need to compromise on investment performance." Vernon noted that the company had lowered fees and improved administration processes to improve sign-up and rollover processes, as well as spending on ...

Six Australian companies get gold in RobecoSAM yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... applications of the CSA data. While the goal of the CSA has always been to examine financially material factors that impact a company's core business value drivers, the data is not only used to further sustainability goals by assessed companies, but ...

NZ Super Fund invests in NZ$113m housing project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... in the project, and will purchase 1.95 ha of former NZ Defence Force land, in two super lots, from the Hobsonville Land Company, a subsidiary of Housing New Zealand. The land is in Hobsonville Point in Auckland. NZ Super Fund and NgÄi Tahu Propert will ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... simple, cost effective renewable energy from biomass, and was scheduled for completion in October 2017. Renergi is a private company established in 2012 to commercialise renewable energy technologies developed at the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute ...

Workplace diversity a driver of innovation: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... your business - remember, over the next few decades, close to half of today's jobs will cease to exist. Ensure that your company is developing and connecting with diverse technologists, investors, thought leaders and entrepreneurs. Ensure that a wide ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... counsellors and advocacy organisations, have, over the course of this year, raised concerns with proposals to goods rental company Thorn Group and payday lenders Cash Converters and Money3. The group has separate proposals relating to each sector. Michael ...

Elizabeth Proust appointed AICD chairman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Elizabeth Proust has been elected chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Proust has been a director of the AICD since March 2014. She is chairman of Nestle Australia, chairman of the Bank of Melbourne, and a member of the ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... people say, 'I'm compliant with the law therefore that's ok.' People struggle with, what does the right to life mean as a company? What does that mean - I'm an engineering company, that doesn't mean anything to me. You say, a fatality and occupational ...

ARENA, CEFC back Barcaldine Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Barcaldine Solar Farm is being planned and developed by the Barcaldine Remote Community Solar Farm Pty Ltd (BRCSF), a company owned by Elecnor Australia Pty Ltd. Elecnor Australia is a subsidiary of Elecnor SA, one of the world's leading solar energy ...