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Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... industries, said Hugh Dougherty, head of manager research for Towers Watson in Australia and a member of the Global Sustainable Investments team. "The difficulty institutions have in Australia is where we're all exposed to rising carbon prices in the ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... framework for water reporting and accounting, which is being developed by the Minerals Council for Australia and the Sustainable Minerals Institute. "They are considering the framework's international applicability and alignment as well as developing ...

Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... other accolades for Carnegie Morgan Hill House - the Property Council of Australia national gave it an award for Best Sustainable Development - Existing Buildings in May. LGS also received two 2012 NSW Government Green Globes. See Also: Local Government ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the National Carbon Offset Standard. Vega Press won the Victorian Premier's Sustainability Award in 2010, won the Sustainable Business Award as part of the City of Monash's World Environment Day celebrations and received the Monash Business Award in ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), an AU$20m fund lending to social enterprises, is working to build a sustainable loan portfolio while also working to contribute to the development of the social financing sector in Australia, fund officials ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... mitigate these risks through our investment strategies, but also to view them as opportunities to promote a shift toward sustainable investment that balances economic, environmental, and social pressures on the land, and in particular forests. Because ...

Kenyan bank endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... on to the declaration. The Natural Capital Declaration affirms the importance of natural capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital is described as the planet's natural assets - soil, air, water, flora and fauna - and the ecosystem ...

Bendigo Wealth to provide support to Cool Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Adelaide Bank, provide financial support for Cool Australia, a not-for-profit that educates Australian students for sustainable outcomes. Cool Australia uses science, maths and English resources to educate primary and secondary students about waste ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The Africa Sustainable Investment Forum ( AfricaSIF.org ), a pan-African network promoting investment in sustainable development, has launched a research project to gauge how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are integrated into investment ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... invest in worthwhile projects to achieve low carbon outcomes and at the same time preserve capital and make itself sustainable through time so it can keep reinvesting, clearly that is the most rational use of government funds to do these projects. RA ...