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New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Asia Pacific Region and progress on UN PRI commitments in its second sustainability report. New Forests, a privately held company, stated assets under management of AU$1.25bn and almost 400,000 hectares of land and forestry assets across six Australian ...

More women, more new entrants appointed to ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... ASX100, 12 of the 87 sample were not majority independent at the time of the survey sample date. Of those 12, six met their company's definition of majority independent. The six companies in the sample that were not majority independent on their own ...

Kenyan bank endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... as a sign of its commitment to corporate sustainability and assurance of reflection of the total economic value of our company," said Martin Oduor-Otieno, KCB Group's CEO. See Also: Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... financial planning firm selects and manages external investment manager and uses research from UK-based ethical research company Ethical Screening to construct the screens. Cruelty Free Super does not invest in companies involved in animal testing, animals ...

Wesfarmers engagement leads to phosphate sourcing change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... conflict or become complicit to oppression." Wesfarmers has invested in a technology and plant upgrade that reduces the company's reliance on phosphorous rock imported from Western Sahara. Wesfarmers found a solution to reduce odour issues that are associated ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Meg McDonald is the CEO of Low Carbon Australia (LCAL), an independent company established in 2010 by the Australian government. LCAL manages an AU$84.6m investment fund which provides finance to improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement ...

Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund funds Brisbane Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund has invested AU$1.5m in Brisbane Metals, Queensland-based solar technology company. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson Brisbane Metals will use the AU$1.5m and a further AU$2.5m investment from USA-based New Ventures ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... level of impact and dependence a sector has on natural capital or ecosystem services, and the perceived preparedness of a company for changes to natural capital or to an ecosystem. Beyond that, natural capital gives other parts of society a framework ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... buyback." Stockland reviewed its executive remuneration policies, which was completed in the 2012 financial year, a review the company said was taken in response to changes to remuneration practices and to investor feedback. The review has resulted in ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... FTSE4Good over a decade ago our focus has always been the continual evolution of standards and encouraging improvements in company environmental, social and governance practices" Mark Makepeace, FTSE's chief executive said in a media statement. "At this ...