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Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... process, with 23 experts from media companies and stakeholder institutions participating in the working group. The development was supported by Fundacion Avina, Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano and Universidad Javeriana.

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... dialogue on this issue and to improve transparency on human capital management in order to sustainably support future development and prevent major accidents that could endanger environmental quality or human life." See Also: Sustainable workforce a ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... benefits of positive externalities" Paradice said, such as the social and economic value of renewable energy technology development and implementation. The CEFC's role will be to provide funding and financing to mitigate against some of the risks and ...

Greg Bourne appointed acting chair of ARENA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... consolidate AU$3.2bn in funding for renewable energy innovation. Bourne has an "extensive" background in renewable energy development and project commercialisation, and has been a former director of Carnegie Wave Energy and chief executive officer of ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... corporate innovation, using a stakeholder body of executives and customers to gather information that feeds product development. The global company's focus extends down into subsidiary operations. At SAP Australia and New Zealand, the company implements ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... is an opportunity to move microlending - into a retail sphere, said Corinne Proske, head of community finance and development at NAB. "One of our goals is really to understand that market and penetrate it, not from a commercial sense, but because we ...

bankmecu, Foresters Community Finance partner on loan scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... enterprises as a means of reducing nitrous oxide emissions and sinking carbon." The project will assist in methodology development and focus on grower engagement. See Also: Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

UKSIF endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... according to the declaration. The initiative will be launched at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). "In the 20 years since the Earth Summit, sustainable investment and finance has moved from the margins to the ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... reported in some industries, other issues, such as flexible working arrangements, gender, mental health and professional development are also being emphasised in companies' strategic focus and reporting. Geraldine Margery "To be truly sustainable, employees ...