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Westpac, Stockland named DJSI group industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... reflects our genuine commitment to advancing the community with sustainable practices that are deeply embedded in our business processes, our culture and our operational strategy," said Brian Hartzer, Westpac Group CEO. "It is also a true reflection ...

Pollinate Energy attracts investment from Pangaea Impact Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Pollinate Energy confirmed that the investment was structured as credit rather than equity. Pollinate Energy has developed a business distribution model that follows the pathways developed by the spread of mobile phones in India to sell solar lights ...

Investors have "no place to hide" from climate change impacts: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... four main trends - technological advances in power production, storage and consumption that are undermining existing business models; regulatory efforts focused on curbing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency; increasingly frequent extreme ...

AIGCC launches, releases survey on climate risk, responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... financial industry has made a "significant shift" towards embedding climate risk and responsible investment into core business, but more work is needed in the region, according to a new report from the new Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). ...

International Integrated Reporting Council hires Richard Howitt as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... worth of advocacy for higher levels of corporate transparency, governance and reporting to deliver a new bargain between business, capital markets and society." Howitt also thanked Druckman for his leadership as outgoing CEO. IIRC was founded in 2011 ...

AMP Capital examines impact of disruptions on financial sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... analyst, investment research, AMP Capital. AMP Capital has conducted research into how digital factors can disrupt the business models for the insurance and diversified financial services sector, and how businesses are responding to the changes that ...

Artesian Venture Partners launches $20m Clean Energy Seed Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... investment across the clean energy sector, channeling finance where it can support the transformation of innovative ideas into business realities." The co-investment fund model that Artesian is employing will encourage collaboration between accelerators ...

AMP Capital, CSIRO back renewable energy tech startup Evergen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... we want to try to do this so that we don't interact with the people in the home. We want people to do their everyday business and the algorithm can do the hard work for the person." Evergen products have been operating in a pilot group of Australian ...

IGCC, others organisations press G20 countries to ratify Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... change debate is easy. What we have seen in the last 18 months or so is a strong and consistent expressed desire from the business community to manage climate change risk, and we're hopeful that we will see that reflected in discussions over the next ...

NAB sets science based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... finance-related activities." "The impacts of climate change and climate-related policy are having a growing effect on our business, our customers, and the communities in which we operate," said Nicola Murphy, NAB head of environmental sustainability. ...