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Video: Taking ESG integration to the investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report moderated this live panel debate examining how and to what extent superannuation funds are integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process. Institutional investors are becoming increasingly ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... familiarise themselves with the nature and needs of the sector - for-profit businesses that provide a strong social or environmental outcome as part of their mission. Practitioners in the space up-front about the time and money required to build the ...

CleanTek Market platform to connect companies, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
CleanTek Market, a global online clean technology marketplace that connects technology providers, investors and advisors, has launched in beta. Neil Salisbury, founder, CleanTek Market Founded by Neil Salisbury, a director at Net Balance, CleanTek Market ...

South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The government of South Australia has proposed legislation that will bring environmental upgrade finance to the state and provide a new financing vehicle for commercial developers to retrofit buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia is likely to focus on the transition to the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 guidelines, defining and reducing environmental and social risks in the supply chain and defining the social value metrics of community investment programs, according ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... invested in a cash management account or in a term deposit that's invested responsibly in community or social or environmental outcomes. It's a new purpose to established funds. That's the space that intrigues us most of all - trying to invest for economic ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... bank said in a statement. The bank has also committed up to $6 billion for lending and investment in CleanTech and environmental services by 2017 and has committed to make up to $2 billion available for lending and investment in social and affordable ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
An 8,500-hectare section of native forest in western New South Wales has been deemed eligible under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by the federal government. Josh Harris, Climate Friendly The Sunset Ranch Native Forest Protection Project is the ...

Pangolin Associates hires Sam Phua

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Standard (VCS). He has also authored numerous scientific papers on climate change and various government and community environmental schemes and projects, Pangolin Associates said.

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... philosophy, D'Souza said. "We are looking for deep solutions to the grand challenges and part of the solution to environmental sustainability is a technological solution," he said. "We need to encourage the development of technology, and venture capital ...