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UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... South Wales (UNSW) has issued its firs t sustainability report, disclosing its environmental and social performance and the impact of its sustainability research and education. The university disclosed its performance around waste, water and energy ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... multi-stakeholder based process, Simpson said. The process this year was purely internal, although the fund will assess the report's impact with their external stakeholders. "The stakeholder based materiality was one of the most important things we did," ...

Australian companies still lag on anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... anti-corruption regimes through the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act 2010. These pieces of legislation can impact on Australian and New Zealand organisation with international operations or who deal with US and UK-based firms. ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... "This is driven by a view that climate change is occurring and gov'ts will need to react to climate change. It will heavily impact heavy carbon emitting producers, but the world needs power and there will be demand particularly from developing economies ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... both decided to find other means to influence the process of divestment from fossil fuels, he said. "We thought about the impact we could have through financial services and getting people to divest from fossil fuels and support renewables," he said. ...

KPMG: top global miners make $1.2bn in social investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... companies have a more "scatter-gun" approach to social investments, rather than a clear strategy for investments, which can impact on the investments' efficiencies and maximised benefits. "I think companies understand that they can't just throw money ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... policy framework and support both past and future investments in renewable energy in Australia." See Also: CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... improved local employment for people who have struggled to get into the mainstream workforce. This is having a sustainable impact. The investment will finance the acquisition of the property, the refurbishment of that property, and MiHaven are also subdividing ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... 'what's happening w/ the RET,'" Pegan said. "I believe the carbon price will come back one day, but the RET, that will impact on future investments and will impact on our returns on some of the renewable projects we've invested in. We're going to have ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Mercer is revisiting the topic of a 2011 study examining the strategic asset allocation implications of climate change scenarios, partnering with a group of institutional investors that manage more than US$1.5 trillion in assets under management. Helga ...