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GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... due process oversight committee would have the regional diversity and diversity of interest groups - industrial groups, business, investors, to ensure that GRI maintains the multi-stakeholder processes at its centre," Whitaker noted. Last week, GRI Australia ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) recently announced it had appointed Northern Trust Asset Management's international business to manage an AU$220 million global equity index mandate that incorporates the fund's ESG screens, which exclude tobacco ...

ARENA invests in Sunverge Energy via venture capital fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... investment will help Sunverge Energy establish operations in Australia and bring its unique technology and utility-centric business model to our shores," said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "Sunverge Energy plans to work with energy retailers to offer ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... concerns, calculations of the financial risk/reward ratios as cost savings from cheaper labour can be offset by incremental business risks including impact on lead times, product quality and other concerns, and supply chain sustainability -if suppliers ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... results, Alexis will also add her expertise to our advisory work on governance, voting and engagement. Alexis' role in business development and sustainable investment will be a win for our clients and an asset to our responsible investment team." Cheang ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... to know with certainty the likely price for any credits that they'd generate it will be difficult for them to prepare business cases and progress to registration. In light of this it is our view that the early participants in the auctions - possibly ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Co-operatives and mutuals offer an alternative "third way" to complement for-profit and not-for-profit business models for delivery of public services, according to a green paper aiming to stimulate discussion on how the sector can provide innovative ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... organisations on the next step. Why are they having trouble? I think that there's not one single explanation. A lot of business leaders and boards have made commitments to sustainability, but have not yet realised how deeply the commitments can transform ...

CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... management is a complex sustainability challenge. Taking waste, which is a cost, and turning it into energy, makes a lot of business sense and represents a big win for the environment. New Energy's waste-to-gas technology is a world-leading, Australian ...

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... "There are only certain circumstances for activities and we have a limited presence at the moment." Establishing a carbon business has social, environmental and economic benefit for the Olkola people, said Michael Ross, chairman, Olkola Aboriginal Corporation. ...