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Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... packaging, at one point you are going to be required by customers or society more broadly or gov't to ether change your business model or to fully cost that packaging," Gait said. "The reason we commissioned it was two-fold - the first was to gain an ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... Alison is the Project Manager of the APCO reporting tool project. Dr Helen Lewis Helen Lewis runs her own consulting business, providing research and strategic advice to a range of industry and government clients on product stewardship and packaging. ...

Listed franchise companies facing structural reform risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... franchisors versus franchises that comes from four issues: "(1) Franchisees are deemed neither fully-fledged businesses nor Business Consumers under consumer law; they are in a regulatory no-man's land; (2) Duties to act in good faith and unconscionable ...

Sodexo Australia moves to cage free eggs for fresh egg supply

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... about three years and it was a bit of a natural progression to then move to cage-free with them," Chalmers said. "Our business is a very geographically diverse business, so it took us some time to ensure that we were able to not only source cage-free ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... managed independently by Richard Morris, our manager of responsible investment," he said. "The ethical screen considers the business the company is in - is the business earning 5% or more of revenue from things from alcohol, tobacco, gambling, nuclear ...

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... of these incidents reoccurring, and 4) their impact on an issuer's credit fundamentals and its ability to adjust its business model by buying or selling companies and introducing or reacting to disruptive technology." More than 130 investors have signed ...

IFC invests US$75m in Garanti Bank gender bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
The IFC has invested US$75 million in a bond issue by Turkey's Garanti Bank that will finance enterprises and companies owned or managed by women. The new bond has a six-year term maturity and is the first private sector gender bond in emerging markets ...

Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
The world's biggest meat and fish companies are not managing critical business risks such as greenhouse gas emissions and antibiotics risk, with three Australian companies scoring medium or high risk, according to the FAIRR Protein Producers Index. ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... stress-testing and scenario planning." However, "only a handful of super funds have decarbonisation targets relating to their business and investment portfolios," the report noted. "There is still work to be done here," O'Connor said. "There are lots ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... "If you're in an insurer, you're very interested in protecting the communities in which you operate," White said. "The business in which I operate is mortgage insurance. We're aware there are a number of people that can't get into housing, so we would ...