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CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... waste, said Enzo Gullotti, New Energy chairman. "This finance from the CEFC is critical to New Energy's success and our future development of this clean energy technology to its full potential," he said. "It demonstrates the opportunity in Australia ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... that was carried out from July 2012 to June 2013. The report by the multi-stakeholder group will be tabled in the near future, Spoors said, with government to make a decision after the report is released.

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... handle this area. "Social benefit bonds are being experimented with," Woo said. "In terms of mainstreaming them in the future, it does hinge on the ability of the partners in the bonds project to be able to articulate intentions and outcomes, and the ...

Future Fund hires new head of ESG risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
The Future Fund has hired appointed Joel Posters as its new head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Posters will start in August after relocating to Australia from The Netherlands. He was most recently global head of sustainability ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended recommendations of how directors should disclose risks and future prospects of a listed company, opening further opportunities for transparency around environmental and social issues ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... have happened to some extent without the project. In the report, Net Balance calls the research a "stepping stone" for future work. The analysis was based on including economic benefit transfer and financial "proxies" to represent intangible outcomes ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... year", explaining that it expands the scope of responsibility for operational reviews around material business risks and future prospects. It is a requirement on companies to report on future prospects," Chioatto explained, noting that Regulatory Guide ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has identified the listed companies that it will exclude from future equities investments, based on its recently announced fossil fuel policy. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO Earlier this year, UCA Fund Management announced ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... interplay of risks should be integrated into how trustees think about the investment and operating environment now and in the future, Birgden said. "The other thing that is important is to go back to the role of the trustee board in the process in defining ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... known risks based on past events," Guthrie said. "What we're looking for here is to report on possible risks arising from future events which are in and of themselves uncertain. Normally, that couldn't work. The difference here is that we have from an ...