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Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... real appetite to look at this type of concept and look at products but there are two challenges," said David Knowles, executive director, philanthropic services at JBWere. "One is that there aren't a lot of products out there, and more importantly at ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... usher in a new era of transparency in the largest economic region in the world," said Teresa Fogelberg, deputy chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative. "In recent years countries like India, China, Brazil, South Africa and the US have pioneered ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has released its 2013 reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... change impacts and carbon costs and energy costs and the risks that accompany these," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC chief executive. "We wanted to write something that puts all of that together to service investors." IGCC launched the reports at the recently ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has hired Ben Gales as chief executive officer. Gales will start on 2April and comes to SEFA having formerly worked as a director at the NSW Department of Family and Community Services and has also worked in ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... companies are very well managed, some investors are concerned that certain emerging market companies lack sufficient executive independence and scrutiny of management. This challenge led us to examine how we could develop a passive investment vehicle ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... stability and predictability are key to maintaining investor confidence in renewable energy," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC chief executive of the IGCC. IGCC also noted the federal government's support for a later review of the RET in 2016. Under the current ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Michael Walsh is the recently named executive director and CEO of UCA Funds Management, an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, which manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other ...

UN Global Compact, GRI most cited CSR instruments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... but there is still a long way to go before a 'tipping point' is achieved," said Teresa Fogelberg, GRI's deputy chief executive, in a statement. "While 95% of the world's largest companies are producing sustainability reports, overall less than 10% of ...

CEC to partner with American Council on Renewable Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... energy industry, and the strategic importance of the relationship between the two countries," said David Green, chief executive of the Clean Energy Council. "This agreement to collaborate and share information with our U.S. colleagues is evidence of ...