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Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... but complicating those environmental issues is the fact that palm oil provides opportunities for social and economic development for producer countries. "The recent boom in palm oil exports has undoubtedly resulted in economic growth and job creation ...

Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... interesting area," said Cameron Neil, a senior associate at Net Balance. "Since the merger, we've had three or four market development projects for green materials and recycled materials. This s part of a resource efficiency and waste to resource agenda ...

GRESB hires new head of Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark has hired Ruben Langbroek as head of Asia, responsible for strategic development in the region. Langbroek will strengthen and develop GRESB's relationship with institutional real estate investors, fund ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the impact investment sphere already in Australia, and the Australian government is further encouraging the sector's development through DEEWR's AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... 12 days it currently takes to go through the loan process, it'll come down to three days. That's the next phase of development." See Also: Good Shepherd Microfinance opens third Good Money site NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hub ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... community investment of 4.18% of pre-tax profits, 10 times the finance sector average, platinum sponsorship of CUFA, the development agency for the Australian mutual banking sector, being awarded the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... risks, otherwise we're literally left to have these issues in the hands of the analysts." See Also: Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... lead author of the report. "The key determinants will be international politics and the process of renewable energy development. But what I was looking at was what the exposure of the Australian market is, and if you're involved in that as an investor ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... to hear from us." In the process of applying IR, Stockland found that one area of the framework that needs further development is around assurance and audit, McEwan said. "We're working closely with the auditing group and the assurance group on what ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... commercial opportunities, and increasing cultural awareness within the bank. Glen Brennan, head of Indigenous finance and development at National Australia Bank NAB has set the overarching ambition to "become the bank of choice of Indigenous Australia," ...