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Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... of sustainability at Westpac. "That's an issue that is faced by the business sector more broadly, and nationally there's social and economic benefit to that as well." Westpac cited statistics saying that 25% of the Australian population will be over ...

Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Reporting Council (IIRC) defines capitals as financial capital, manufactured capital, intellectual capital, human capital, social and relationship capital, and natural capital. The IR framework is expected to feature a multiple capitals approach in the ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... to incorporate Supply Nation certified Indigenous business, Australian Disability Enterprises, women-owned business and social enterprises into the supply chain. NAB incorporated two Indigenous suppliers. One area that the bank labelled as progress ongoing ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has hired Ben Gales as chief executive officer. Gales will start on 2April and comes to SEFA having formerly worked as a director at the NSW Department of Family and Community Services and has also worked in ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has created an emerging markets equities index integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens and has launched a passive pooled fund managed to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... week at a symposium at the University of Sydney Business School. "There are ways to move beyond the political rancour and social debate and see how markets are shifting, in terms of consumer demand, capital, operational efficiency - these are the ways ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... He talks to The Sustainability Report about his experiences in responsible investing and the role UCA Funds plays as a social enterprise and ethical funds manager. RA: What drew you to the role at UCA Funds Management? MW: It's a business that I was ...

UN Global Compact, GRI most cited CSR instruments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) are the most frequently recognised corporate social responsibility (CSR) instrument, according to a survey by the European Commission. The European Commission surveyed public CSR statements ...

ACCSR to teach master class at GRI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) is one of six organisations chosen to run a master class at the Global Reporting Initiative conference in Amsterdam in May. Leeora Black Six GRI certified training partners have been ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... letting them know what impact investment is, how philanthropists can be involved from a legal/tax view and the view of social change, and introducing them to the spectrum of change that's happening nationally and internationally." PA's impact investing ...