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VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
VicSuper, bankmecu and Pacific Hydro have joined a new partnership, The Future Economy Group, which will advocate for policies that combine economic and environmental sustainability in the state of Victoria. Environment Victoria and Sustainable Business ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... costs in the long term and that consequently companies with higher carbon footprints will be valued differently in the future. Hopefully this will also increase the pressure on companies to lower their carbon dioxide emissions." Earlier this year, Northern ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Group. "We know a lot about the risks of today, but we are lacking hard facts about the risks that society may face in future generations, particularly environmental risks. As a result, Catlin has adopted the goal of working with scientists to produce ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have hired Gordon Hagart as its new chief executive. Hagart comes to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Hagart will replace current ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Enterprise Fund has not yet disbursed funding, but loan submissions are currently being evaluated, with a "strong pipeline" of future projects in line, Drew said. Potential eligible enterprises do not have to be trading, but do need to have developed ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Australians have a healthy relationship with money, cultivating prosperous communities and the bank's role in leading a future focused nation, said Paula Benson, general manager, corporate responsibility at NAB. Wealth of Opportunity is a narrative designed ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... for boards of directors, business leaders and sustainability officers as they lead their organizations to a sustainable future."

Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Also: VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco Australian Ethical puts tobacco resolution to TOMRA AGM Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... European could limit the availability of long-term capital for low-carbon infrastructure. "The structural need for increased future flows of climate finance needs to be routinely incorporated into financial frameworks to ensure at a minimum that these ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... no certainty on the existing policy framework, so companies are concerned about doing anything that may not fit into a future policy framework." The carbon pricing mechanism is in a fixed price period, currently priced at AU$24.15/tonne of CO2 emissions. ...