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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 ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
For equities fund manager Dalton Nicol Reid, integrating environmental, social and governance information into their investment process is part of the task of finding quality companies in which to invest. Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... chairman, in a statement. "In doing so the board also considered its investment policies and approach to environmental, social and governance issues. As a result, the board determined that in this instance it is appropriate to exclude primary tobacco ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... invest, and generate a good that could then be invested into further goods. It is a means by which we try to maximise the social outcome by looking at using new models for the placement of the funds." Community Sector Banking has not as yet launched ...

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... three elements: recreating products and markets - "growing revenue through new or improved products and services to address social issues"; redefining productivity in the value chain - "improving resource efficiency and reducing cost of operations and ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... increasing communication around remuneration reports, companies are also now more open to talking about other environmental, social and governance related issues, Halliday said. We're able to raise the other ESG issues - able to talk about management ...