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CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Cities recognise that climate change is a threat to businesses located within their municipalities, with impacts on property, capital, infrastructure and social impacts to communities, according to research from CDP. CDP has published Protecting Our ...

Community 21 launches share offer to raise up to AU$4m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Community 21, the financial services organisation that jointly owns Community Sector Banking with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, is seeking to raise up to AU$4 million in a share offering open to non-profits. Peter Quarmby, Community 21 executive director ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Although work is underway in Bangladesh to improve the fire and building safety of factories in an attempt to prevent further tragedies such as 2012's Rana Plaza factory collapse, Australian retailers that source apparel from Bangladeshi suppliers are ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) has offered opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for a number of entities, including Indigenous groups. One of the earliest methodologies approved under the CFI certified ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Long-term investors such as superannuation funds are "potentially great partners" to invest in farmland, but illiquidity concerns are one barrier to investment, according to Gordon Noble, senior portfolio analyst and regional strategist at Inflection ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has sold shares in its funds management subsidiary to mid-market corporate advisory firm InterFinancial Corporate Finance as part of a strategic partnership between the two companies. InterFinancial offers independent advisory ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Tax and transparency reforms should be a priority for Australia in its presidency of the G20 because there is a strong link between base erosion and profit sharing (BEPS) and the G20's objective to promote development, according to Oxfam Australia and ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
One hundred of the world's largest companies made investments in social programs valued at US$12.2 billion in 2013, but less than a third of those companies are reporting on the impact of those investments, according to a new global report by KPMG International. ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
A regulatory guide released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended recommendations of how directors should disclose risks and future prospects of a listed company, opening further opportunities for transparency around ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Robustly designed climate mitigation projects can deliver environmental, social and economic benefits resulting in greater financial impact than previously calculated, according to a study from The Gold Standard. Neil Salisbury, director, Net Balance ...