Search Results

Showing 1701 - 1710 of 1842 results for "sustainable"

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Net Balance and sustainable procurement advisory firm ECO-Buy have merged, bringing together two leading specialist sustainability organisations. Cameron Neil, Net Balance The merger will see both entities increase the range of their sustainability ...

Duncan Paterson steps down as RIAA board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility, will continue to serve as a non-executive director on the board of the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) and as a member of the managed funds and superannuation advisory group of ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... similarly provocative and insightful thinker. The Prince was on the island at the same time, but tragically a tour-de-sustainable-force could not be organised - royal diaries are released well after others can be set. The Randers thesis has three quite ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... accountants in their role in sustainability. "There are a number of forward looking trends here - one is complying with the sustainable supply policies of other organisations - larger customers that are looking for sustainability information about the ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... the Sustainability Business Forum in Sydney in 1999. Josh will contribute regular analysis of trends and events in sustainable business, finance and policy. Over the past five years, even through the GFC, institutional investors have increasingly accepted ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... area could be missing potential business opportunities and may be giving up ground to competitors. For the US market, sustainable features in properties offer significant pricing differentiation over conventional property." The report cites diversified ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... their water use and management in a way that is tailored to the minerals industry. Developed in conjunction with the Sustainable Minerals Institute of the University of Queensland, the MCA Water Accounting Framework is intended to aid the industry in ...

DEXUS building awarded international prize for innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... donating the â,¬50,000 prize money towards the formation of the '1 Bligh Master of Architecture Final Year Prize for Sustainable Commercial Architecture', a student scholarship program that promotes sustainable commercial high-rise design at the University ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... expected to run until the 2020 close of the ESS scheme. Meliezer said that LGS has a long-term view of how to achieve sustainable ends for its properties. "Companies like LGS are doing these projects and see the certificates as the cream on top," he ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia should navigate the opportunities and challenges of the rising wealth and development of the Asian region. Sustainable development is an implicit and explicit theme throughout the paper, which analyses how Australia should respond to economic ...