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South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... change sector agreement between the State government and the Local Government Association of South Australia, said Sustainability, Environment and Conservation Minister Ian Hunter. The draft bill looks "very promising" said Scott Bocskay, CEO of the ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
When it comes to sustainability issues in 2014, corporate Australia is likely to focus on the transition to the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 guidelines, defining and reducing environmental and social risks in the supply chain and defining the social ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... we've seen social impact investment and social impact measurement, I liken it to the start of the start of the sustainability wave, re-emerging now around this narrative around impact investment." bankmecu is considering its strategy in how it invests ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Toronto. The announcement was made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "I am delighted that Westpac's sustainability performance has been rated so highly on the global stage," said Gail Kelly, Westpac chief executive. "It is wonderful ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... D'Souza said. "We are looking for deep solutions to the grand challenges and part of the solution to environmental sustainability is a technological solution," he said. "We need to encourage the development of technology, and venture capital is an important ...

IIRC, SASB to collaborate on compatability of frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) will work together to achieve complementarity and compatibility in their respective frameworks. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO Jean Rogers, SASB ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... issuers were jumping in," Marilyn Ceci, managing director at the JPMorgan Chase corporate investment bank, told The Sustainability Report. "We were worried the market was getting ahead of itself in terms of having clarity on fundamental definitional ...

IIGCC joins International Climate Bond Standards Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... investors, with total funds under management of approximately EUR7.5 trillion. Eric Borremans, IIGCC Vice Chairman and sustainability expert at Pictet Asset Management, will represent the IIGCC on the Climate Bond Standards Board, which supervises a ...

ANREV real estate investors outperform global GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV) outperformed the global sample in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) in the areas of management and policy, but need to improve their implementation and measurement. As part ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Reporting Council's pilot programme. Janette O'Neill, head of corporate responsibility, National Australia Bank The Sustainability Report spoke with bankmecu, the National Australia Bank and Stockland, who have produced integrated reports to the IIRC's ...