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DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... meaning employers are under-utilising a "highly capable pool of talent," according to Diversity Council Australia. DCA and ANZ Bank recently hosted a panel discussion exploring ways in which companies should engage with customers, employees and pote ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... change." Several Australian stakeholders participated in the Green Property Technical Working Group, including Cath Bremmer of ANZ, Niall McCarthy of the Investor Group on Climate Change and Eureka Funds Management, and Simon Brooker of the Clean Energy ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... report, Banking on Shaky Ground - Australia's big four banks and land grabs, in which Oxfam presents evidence of claims that ANZ, Westpac, National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth Bank "have backed companies that have contributed to illegal logging ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... along with that is that there is a lot more NGO engagement with financial institutions. it started with the Gunns campaign ANZ, which also included superannuation funds members engaging with their funds on the issue." Leske also noted the recent Oxfam ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Of the 98 companies that took part in the CR Index, 27 were global companies with operations in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) but only 10 included their ANZ operations in the scope of their submission. Dayeh noted that this is the first year since ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Forestry and environmental markets fund manager New Forests has completed investing and closing in three funds in Australia and New Zealand and Asia and engaged in conservation and community engagement activities across its assets, the company reported ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... International Finance Corporation. On the corporate bond issuance side, Australian Ethical only invests in Westpac Bank, with ANZ, National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth bank screened out. "Covered Bonds from each of Westpac and Suncorp, and senior ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Wesfarmers, while Tier 4 companies have "indirect fossil fuel exposure" and include Asciano, ANZ, Aurizon, Ausdrill, Boart, Cardno, Commonwealth Bank, Decmil Group, Downer EDI, Incitec Pivot, Leighton Holdings, Lend ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... and affordable housing and services by 2017. Westpac was not the only Australian company to be listed in the Global 100 - ANZ came in at number 20, Commonwealth Bank at 25, Stockland at 32, and Wesfarmers at 92.

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... enterprises that result in social harm," Pearce said. Good Super has selected Perpetual, AMP Capital Investors, Triodos Bank, ANZ and Social Ventures Australia as its external managers, and has fees that are in line with retail fund averages, D'Souza ...