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Nordea joins Corporate Human Rights Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... expectations on human rights." The benchmark has been developed by fund managers Aviva Investors and Calvert Investments, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, an international NGO, research provider EIRIS, the Institute for Human Rights and ...

Global Canopy Programme appoints executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... economy." The Global Canopy Project is a tropical forest think tank that "works to demonstrate the scientific, political and business case for safeguarding forests as natural capital that underpins water, food, energy, health and climate security for ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... megatrends are - population, geo-political risks, climate change, and thinking how are these things going to reshape their business model and operating environment. That's how it plays out in terms of the way that sustainability roles are evolving to ...

Six Australian companies get gold in RobecoSAM yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... data. While the goal of the CSA has always been to examine financially material factors that impact a company's core business value drivers, the data is not only used to further sustainability goals by assessed companies, but also by investors who are ...

CEFC receives new investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) begins 2016 with a new investment mandate that will bring a new focus on "emerging and innovative clean energy technologies, energy efficiency and the built environment" to the AU$10 billion fund. The investment ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has provided AU$3 million to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) to undertake a comprehensive biomass for bioenergy assessment. RIRDC will conduct the AU$6.2 million project ...

Workplace diversity a driver of innovation: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... and how they want to go forward," she said. "We will continue to be there for our member organisations in creating the business case and supporting them in designing workplaces. We will also continue to lead the way in terms of workplace design and flexibility." ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... level of ambition in the agreement, the fund said. 'Statewide embraces sustainability because we believe it makes good business sense - for the long-term wellbeing of our members' retirement savings, for the natural environment and for the community ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... creation of global carbon markets, de Wit noted during a post-COP21 debriefing in Melbourne. "A big issue for us and for the business sector was the inclusion of carbon markets, or the ability to have ultimately a global carbon market," she said. "You ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors have brought questions directly to the annual general meetings of ASX-listed payday lenders Money3 and Cash Converters, raising concerns over companies' standards in lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael ...