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Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... scheme. Supporters of keeping the RET in place said it would create investment uncertainty that would undermine existing and future renewable energy investment. "We are seeing the beginning of a real transformation in Australia's energy sector, with ...

The hidden movement: how responsible brands strike back

STEPHEN HALE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... coming to store near you... literally. The Woolworths CEO, Grant O'Brien, has referenced this as 'consumers driving the future of the businesses through a digital transformation of business'. Smartphone apps with barcode scanning features will help consumers ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... and current polling favourite to become prime minister, has sworn a "blood oath" to repeal the government's Clean Energy Future package. Meanwhile in the US, while states such as California have implemented carbon emissions trading systems, the federal ...

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... responsible for an extraordinary range of economic activities and services and are critical to our move to a low carbon future," said Meg McDonald, CEO of Low Carbon Australia. "Quantifying the carbon footprint of such an organisation and reducing carbon ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Future Fund will exclude tobacco companies from its investment portfolio, the Board of Guardians has announced. The fund owns stock in 14 companies in involved in tobacco production, with a combined worth of approximately AU$222 million at the end ...

University of Sydney opens Centre for Carbon, Water and Food

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... connections between energy, water, carbon, climate, agriculture, ecosystems, the economy and society to ensure Australia's future food security and to maintain resiliency in the face of future climate volatility, the Unviersity of Sydney said in a statement. ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... for a lasting solution. Because a real loan from a real banking service helps to rehabilitate their credit rating for the future, not just assist in the short term." Community Sector Banking is not the only institution to receive more funding for its ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... the AFL and the work it does, I was pretty satisfied against those values of a generation that will determine much of the future, that we do have a greater openness, we are much stronger in inclusion, and we have much better accountability," she said. ...

Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... from the diverse banks that share our passion for a more inclusive financial sector, capable of safeguarding the long-term future of people and the environment they depend on." The other GABV members include Affinity Credit Union, Alternative Bank Schweiz ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical also reported that while over 80% of Australians identified superannuation as important for their financial future, but that 42% of these surveyed don't read, or don't know how to read their superannuation statement, Australian Ethical ...