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Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... as well as more informal worker/employer collaborations, can be used to address climate change. Professor Ray Markey, director of the Centre for Workforce Futures at Macquarie University A wide range of employee engagement techniques can be used as strategic ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... constrained future and AGL wants to take a leadership position in making that transformation," said Andy Vesey, managing director and CEO, AGL. "The Commonwealth Government has made a commitment to work towards a global agreement that limits global warming ...

Climate Friendly certified a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... "Today's champions are competing not only to be best in the world, but best for the world," said Alicia Darvall, executive director of B Lab Australia & New Zealand, the non-profit behind B Corp. "We hope it inspires many more companies to take the first ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... resolution. ACCR have also met with AGL, and the discussion was "constructive," said Caroline Le Couteur, ACCR executive director. "I don't know what AGL is going to do, but it was a cordial and constructive discussion and on the basis of that, I'm hopeful ...

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... companies' environmental policies and track records in making their investment decisions," said David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices are comprehensive benchmarks ...

Investors launch GRESB Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... and governance considerations are critically important for infrastructure investors," said Patrick Kanters, managing director, global real estate and infrastructure, APG Asset Management. "Therefore we join forces in setting up a global benchmark that ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... landscape- housing, social impact bonds, social enterprises and the Indigenous world," said Ian Learmonth, executive director, impact investing, SVA. "Returns will be commensurate with the sort of financial risks that each of the investments produces. ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia Fossil Free Index and Thomson Reuters/Future Super Australia Sustainable Leaders Index. Simon Sheikh, managing director, Future Super The indices apply negative screening to remove direct and indirect fossil fuels and companies with low scores ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
When industry superannuation fund HESTA announced that it had divested from its holdings in Transfield Services, it cited social governance concerns that, in their view, represented an unacceptable risk to members' future retirement savings for the ...

Newpin social benefit bond returns 8.9% in second year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... their families and returning 8.9% to investors, according to Social Venture Australia (SVA). Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia The AU$7 million Newpin social benefit bond is Australia's first offering and ...