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CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... director, policy at CSA. "The way our business judgement rule is worded at the moment, when you make a statement about the future, and you can only make it using the information at hand, if further information comes to light that changes what you were ...

VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... that are divesting holdings in companies that produce tobacco products. Earlier this year the board of the AU$82 billion Future Fund voted to divest holdings. The Future Fund owns stock in 14 companies in involved in tobacco production, with a combined ...

National Sustainability Council issues macro-theme report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... inequality, education, climate change, sustainable growth through innovation and other factors impacting on Australia's future. The Sustainable Australia Report 2013: Conversations with the Future looks at interlocking, intergenerational opportunities ...

Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... production as sustainable. Because Australia is such a small market for palm oil, a situation that is not likely to change in future, Australian commitments to sustainable palm oil will not shift the market globally. But Australian companies can help ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... excited about this new step with Acresta, and we are confident that CarbonView will benefit our clients now and in the future." CarbonView is a streamlined data collection and reporting platform. "The demand for an online sustainability solution to assist ...

Geodynamics announces successful test of geothermal energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... congratulated Geodynamics. "New clean energy sources such as geothermal will transform the way we produce our electricity in the future," said Russell Marsh, Clean Energy Council policy director. "This type of geothermal energy produces power by superheating ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... September, the opposition Coalition has pledged to shut down the CEFC and repeal most of the Gillard government's Clean Energy Future legislation, including the carbon pricing mechanism. But Yates notes that both Coalition and Labor agree that Australia ...

Australian Ethical Investment board director resigns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... chairman. "Her role as chair of the investment committee over that time deserves particular mention. We wish her well for the future."

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... a report carried out for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF). Gareth Johnston, co-founder Future Ready The research, which was funded by NCCARF and carried out by Future Ready, Climate Planning and DLA Piper, engaged with ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... concerned, measuring social benefit will impact on how they make decisions in a broader sense," he said. "It will drive their future funding decisions in ways that weren't' possible before. This will also happen with institutional investors - social ...