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Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... the groups said. "Investors are ready to allocate more funds to low carbon solutions, which can support the economic development objectives of nations," said Nathan Fabian, CEO of the IGCC. " Realising the level of investment needed to avoid the worst ...

ANZ creates hydroelectric power policy for lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... practices regarding issues such as water quality and working with communities that might be impacted by infrastructure development. The bank identified a need for a hydroelectric power policy in its 2012 review and has added it as part of their "sensitive ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... paper is a roadmap detailing how Australia should navigate the opportunities and challenges of the rising wealth and development of the Asian region. Sustainable development is an implicit and explicit theme throughout the paper, which analyses how Australia ...

OECD criticises low enforcement of foreign bribery law

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... foreign bribery laws has been "extremely low", according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). There has only been one case of prosecution of a foreign bribery offence, out of 28 referrals in 13 years, the ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... paper impact on their decisions, both in terms of risk mitigation and opportunity seeking. "Insofar as the economic development themes are integral to the question that society is now facing on stewardship of the environment and human/social development ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... report points to three main areas of climate change risks - technology impacts, physical impacts and law and policy development, and these risks require consideration of not just volatility, but future carbon regulation scenarios, new potential risks ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainable farming projects and building leadership capacity in agriculture, improving water use and supporting the development of a water footprint tool for the horticulture industry," the report said. "In addition to the Fresh Food Futures program ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... nature of the business. Wesfarmers also detailed overall policies to encourage gender diversity, and training and development of employees. Goyder also pointed to the company's reconciliation action plan (RAP), which was started in 2009 with commitments ...

Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... API gave LGS the Environmental Award for the Carnegie Morgan Hill House at 120 Sussex Street, citing the design and development of the project, LGS said. "LGS is leading the industry in the greening of older office buildings in Australia in a way that ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 said. Using the model of Triodos Bank, a specialist Dutch ...