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Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... actually also understand where Australia is positioned in the rest of the world," said Dai Le, founder and executive director, Diverse Australasian Women's Network. "Australia is geographically located within the Asian region. We have to understand Australian ...

Australian National University Investment Office selects CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... internally manages a portfolio of Australian equities valued at "around" AU$300 million, said Mark Waldron, investment director, ANU. The investment office will use CAER's ESG ratings and reports on companies within the ANU portfolio, Waldron said. ANU ...

ARENA fund Laing O'Rourke redeployable solar hybrid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... that reduces operating costs and provides a cleaner energy alternative," said Cathal O'Rourke, Laing O'Rourke managing director. "Construction and engineering must break away from traditional processes if it is to evolve and deliver projects quickly ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... leading to a "new social contract" between citizens, the state and the private sector, according to Filippo Addarii, director of international strategy and head of EuropeLab and the Young Foundation. Fillippo Addarii, director of international strategy ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... understand how different frameworks align with each other or interact with each other," said Lois Guthrie, CDSB executive director. "I would say that from the respondents, virtually everyone said yes, we acknowledge that environmental reporting is necessary ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... indices by wide margins over the past one and two year periods, according to the firm. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director Ethinvest's ASX Green 100 had a return of 21.67% for the year ending 30 June 2014, as compared to a 17.65% return for the ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... companies around the world that have water risk exposure in their agricultural supply chain. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director The agriculture sector is the heaviest user of fresh water supplies, but many companies have "failed to recognise the ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
More than half of superannuation funds participating in a recent Mercer survey have reported that they do not currently have independent directors on their trustee boards. Pam McAlister, partner and senior governance consultant, Mercer Mercer surveyed ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... "relatively simple instruments" such as social impact bonds are subject to "onerous disclosure requirements." David Rickards, director of Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), noted that the interim report did not go into detail on the barriers ...

Quantifying intangible assets to manage, drive company value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... open opportunities for you, and to what extent you can close on those opportunities. With the value driver tree, a sales director can engage on the issue and because they're engaging and building their own value driver trees, they readily accept their ...