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Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... better explain how their strategies link to the goals. "The process has in fact been mapping the corporate responsibility strategy to the SDGs", Macfarlane said. The SDGs also brought the opportunity to have "a proactive approach in understanding how ...

NZ Super adopts new climate change investment risk strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The NZ$30 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) has adopted a climate change investment risk strategy that they will apply across their entire portfolio. Anne-Maree O'Connor, head of responsible investment, NZ Super NZ Super has developed ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
Fast fashion garment brands globally as well as in Australia are facing a potential "inflection point" to their business model, with pressures from increased labour and environmental costs predicted to impact on how companies access factories overseas ...

RIAA designs Responsible Returns consumer website

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has designed a website to match retail investors and financial advisers with responsible and ethical products to meet their profile. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The site, Responsible Returns, matches ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
AllGrid Energy, an Indigenous-owned and operated company, is implementing a strategy to place solar panel and battery storage systems in remote, off-grid Indigenous communities in Australia. AllGrid Energy, which launched last year as a partnership ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... from an oversight position. We've got the board level [course], which looks at oversight, the management level, which is strategy, and the practitioner level, which is the implementation." The NED course will feature faculty chair Philippe Joubert, director ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... receiving about BHP because changing a rating or a flag for a controversy does potentially have an impact on an investment strategy," said Michael Salvatico, executive director, MSCI ESG Research. "So it was a matter of educating people on the events ...

Opportunities in the Emissions Reduction Fund for the waste industry

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
In the run up to the upcoming fourth auction for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), the Clean Energy Regulator has encouraged the registration of waste management projects for participation in future auctions. Michelle Bruce, manager at the Clean Energy ...

Oliver Yates to step down as Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates is stepping down from the position. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Yates has worked as CEO since the CEFC was founded in 2013. The CEFC board has now commenced a CEO ...

ACSI issues vote warning to remaining all-male ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... target for women to comprise 30% of ASX200 boards by the end of 2017, and that policy is now backed by a formal voting strategy for company AGMs. Just under 10% of ASX200 companies still have not appointed a women to their boards, and ACSI CEO Louise ...