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CEFC provides $90m in financing to Mirvac for residential clean energy initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "This will deliver significant and ongoing long-term benefits to families and residents. "Australian homes have an average lifespan of almost 50 years. By incorporating renewable energy and energy efficiency measures from day ...

$12.5 million ARENA initiative to fund distributed energy resources projects, studies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched a $12.5 million initiative to fund pilot projects and studies to integrate distributed energy resources (DER) into the electricity system. The aim of the initiative is to increase the proportion ...

Less than one-fifth of board, executive positions held by women globally: Vigeo Eiris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... way of doing it. To me, it suggests that it's culture, and culture is difficult to change." The report did find that Australian company Fortescue Metals is a global leader when it comes to board representation, with 56% of its board positions held by ...

Nearly half of all board appointments to date in 2018 women: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... one out of every two ASX200 board appointments thus far in 2018 has been a woman, according to new research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Louise Petschler, general manager - advocacy, AICD Women made up 47% of ASX200 board ...

Australian Ethical Investment makes three new hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has announced three new hires in its investment, ethics, and marketing teams. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director The appointments are "in response to Australian Ethical's ongoing growth in funds ...

Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). It is expected to be heard at Rio Tinto's UK AGM on 11 April and Australian AGM on 2 May, and calls on Rio Tinto's board to "disclose industry memberships and amounts paid since 2012; evaluate ...

Diversity Council Australia Inclusion@Work Index shows value of, need for inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA has published the Inclusion@Work Inde x, which found that three out of four Australian workers support or strongly support their organisation taking action to create a workplace which is diverse and inclusive. ...

HESTA to survey investment managers for workplace gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
HESTA is surveying 70 of its Australian and international investment managers about their workplace gender as part of their wider focus on gender diversity through its investment value chain. Debby Blakey, CEO HESTA HESTA, which has $43 billion in assets ...

Legg Mason's Western Asset removes tobacco, cluster munitions from bond funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... to tobacco and cluster munitions from the Legg Mason Western Asset Global Bond Fund and the Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond Fund. The decision to remove the affected issuers was done to ensure that the funds deliver investment solutions "that ...

Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... introduction of an ethical investing portfolio. The ethical investing portfolio is a diversified option and includes Australian equities, international equities, bonds and cash. It has a risk-return profile similar to Acorns' current "Moderately Aggressive" ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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