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City of Sydney, Low Carbon Australia sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... a part of the city's commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 70% by 2030, said Monica Barone, City of Sydney chief executive. On Low Carbon Australia's part, the agreement means an increased ability to foster closer relationships of owners and tenants ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
James Gifford is the executive director of the UNPRI. He is currently in Australia and met with The Sustainability Report to talk about PRI's progress, its future plans, the challenges to implementing responsible investment (RI,) and how PRI can assist ...

Clean Energy Council sees CEFC as catalyst to unlock capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the public and political debate around the CEFC, there is a lot of common ground," said Kane Thornton, acting chief executive at the CEC. "One of the critics' arguments is that the CEFC is going to squeeze out private financing, but actually it doesn't ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... governance and enhanced transparency, all of which are necessary to protect long-term returns," said James Gifford, executive director of the PRI. "Companies need to understand this if they want to attract capital." UNGC has previously announced that ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... significant milestone for both MSCI and for the continued adoption of ESG investing in Japan," said Toshiaki Matsumae, executive director at MSCI. "We are delighted that the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel chose ...

Women only 19% of superannuation fund trustee boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... on superannuation trustee boards because women make up 46% of superannuation fund members, said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), an industry body representing Australia's AU$450bn not-for-profit ...

CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... energy projects, encouraging a "crowding in" of private funding, rather than a "crowding out" of capital, said Emma Herd, executive director, emissions and environment at Westpac. "There are a couple of key areas where the CEFC can play a valuable role," ...

GRI launches format to tag sustainability data in reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... study financial data, and tagging sustainability data could make it more accessible, said Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive of GRI. "Today's new taxonomy is a major step forward in making sustainability data available to society," Arbex said. "Many ...

DEXUS head office, Republica Coffee declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and energy efficiency and is part of a set of sustainability goals we have adopted," said Victor Hoog Antink, CEO and executive director of DEXUS Property Group. "Education of our people was a key element to DEXUS becoming carbon neutral. The reduction ...

ASIC renews call for better remuneration disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) say that companies can still improve their disclosures of executive and director remuneration. ASIC have reviewed a sample of 50 remuneration reports from ASX300 companies for the financial ...