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RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Investment Association (RIA) and is building off an existing relationship with across Asia with the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA). "It's been part of our strategy over the past year to formulate partnerships with ...

South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... commercial developers to retrofit buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund The proposed Building Upgrade Finance (BUF) scheme is designed to help overcome market barriers that often ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... issues as a result of G4 and the Integrated Reporting framework. "I think one of the trends is increasing focus on sustainable supply chain for a couple of reasons," said Leeora Black, managing director of the Australiana Centre for Corporate Social ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Westpac has topped the list of the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World". The Global 100 is an annual list published by Corporate Knights, an independent media and investment research company based in Toronto. The announcement was ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Bleijenberg, TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research), Amsterdam; Dr. He Dongquan, China Sustainable Transportation Centre, Beijing; Marcus Fehling, Siemens Electromobility Division, Germany; Lewis Fulton, co-director of NextSTEPS ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... reports for the past six years, but began the shift towards integrated reports in 2011, said Nikki Jordan, manager sustainable development. As a result of adopting the IR framework, bankmecu's annual report has become a synthesis of statutory financial ...

Expanded EUAs could generate $4.5bn investment in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... commercially attractive investment and create over 18,000 jobs, according to new research. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund According to the collaborative study conducted by the Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (EAGA) and the ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... portfolio invested in these assets," said Bob Welsh, chairman of Kilter Investment, which invests in resilient and sustainable farmlands, water and ecosystem services. "In that sense, it would be a hedge, but it probably wouldn't be a significant one. ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... no patients requiring treatment at that particular property, the foundation will lease out the units to generate a sustainable form of revenue, Petch noted. Petch found that working with a "champion" within Westpac assisted the foundation in getting ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... be an indicator of a company's ability to manage complexity and the time horizon they take in terms of establishing sustainable supply chains." There is a wide variety in the way different Australian retailers manage their supply chain. "There are companies ...