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ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... say that she felt the commission was acting to the tenets of responsible leadership. She cited a speech by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde to the World Economic Forum in which Lagarde said that responsible leadership was about "embracing the ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... specifically due to energy pricing and the impact of a high Australian dollar, said Andrew Newby, Wiley business development director. "But through process, air conditioning, and refrigeration upgrades and biogas capture projects, businesses can transform ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Professor Ed Byrne, Monash University's vice-chancellor, in an announcement from Jakarta. "Professor John Thwaites and director Professor Dave Griggs are building a high-impact research capability of global significance, and sustainable development is ...

GNDI: encourage board diversity, but not by quotas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... the most effective way to improve board diversity, according to a joint policy paper issued by the Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). GNDI and its member organisations - including the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) - released ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... extraordinary general meeting brought by a group of dissenting shareholders to replace the board and remove managing director Phil Vernon from his position. Australian Ethical shareholders voted down the resolutions. Australian Ethical has also appointed ...

Jessica Robinson named ASrIA general manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... services and sustainability industries, ASrIA said. According to Robinson's LinkedIn profile, she has previously worked as a director at Enecore Carbon and a client services manager at Ernst and Young. "We are really excited that Jessica has joined ASrIA," ...

ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... - the global financial crisis for example - that have been a crisis of leadership," said Leeora Black, ACCSR managing director. "We all look and say, tut-tut, about the crisis of leadership and say maybe there would have been a difference if there was ...

RIAA hires Simon O'Connor as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... including the financing of Australia's low carbon economy, carbon pricing, forestry and resources. He previously worked as director and senior economist for Economists at Large, and senior investment analyst at Innovest (now MSCI). "We are thrilled that ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries highlights the risk to pension investments, said Julian Poulter, executive director of the AODP, who read the report. "The value of all these investments is under enormous threat from resource constraints," Poulter ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... dedicated research and development initiative, the Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute, and appointed Les Hems as inaugural director of research and development. Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute will see Net Balance take their current research function ...