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Westpac, Stockland named DJSI industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) has named Westpac Banking Group and Stockland as industry group leaders in the 2015 indices review. DJSI has also added BHP Billiton as one of the three largest addition to the indices by market capitalisation. ...

Pollinate Energy sells 10,000th solar light

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... also has three women starting up, and they are doing the early training." Pollinate Energy previously told The Sustainability Report that women earn around 200 rupees a day on average and men can earn 300 to 500 rupees per day on average. If people have ...

Investors launch GRESB Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
A group of institutional infrastructure investors have launched GRESB Infrastructure, a global sustainability benchmark for infrastructure assets. Investors including AIMCo, APG, ATP, Aviva Investors, CalPERS, Mirova, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan ...

Australia/NZ property companies, funds outperform: GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... 69 out of 100 - compared to a global average of 56. Australia and New Zealand's ranking in areas of energy and sustainability are in a context of improvements globally - GRESB that globally, there was a 3% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 ...

EY appoints new climate change and sustainability leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Matthew Bell has been appointed the new EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader Bell is a partner at EY and has more than 10 years' experience advising on climate change ...

GRI, federal government, announce Pacific partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... the region, including Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Papua New Guinea. The partnership will explore how sustainability reporting can be used to "address challenges that prevent businesses in the region from fully participating in the global economy," ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... assess companies' risks as subjects for engagement and further action such as divestment. Legal experts told The Sustainability Report that human rights risks must be considered by superannuation fund trustees as part of directors' duties defined under ...

Demand for ethical products strong: Ethical Advisers' Co-Op

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... in-house. Some firms do actively manage SMAs and some do passive, and we have a passive approach. We have a negative sustainability screen combined with an evaluation factor to avoid paying top dollar for what we feel are overvalued stocks." The Ethical ...

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... from the wealth channel and foundations and endowments." Hunstad was in Australia this week and spoke with The Sustainability Report. Last year, Northern Trust's quantitative research team published a paper in which they integrate NTQS with third-party ...

Telstra publishes 2015 Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... contributions at AU$214 for the 2014/2015 year and reported reducing carbon emissions intensity by 27%, according to its sustainability report. Telstra reported an AU$4.3 billion net profit after tax, with a 30.5 cent total dividend per share. The company ...