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Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... removal of the carbon tax. The second prohibition is on companies making false or misleading representations about the impact of the carbon tax or its repeal on the price of the goods or services that they supply. The Australian Competition and Consumer ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Association. He has detailed understanding of the issues, and is very aware of climate risk and the risk of climate change of impact on business models over the next 25 years, which is the timeframe under which BHP makes decisions. You couldn't pick ...

Property developers advised to factor in climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia with our love of living in coastal and highly treed areas. These environments will see the brunt of climate change impact - rising seas levels, increased storm events and bushfire threat." Net Balance has identified three drivers for adaptation ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... in accordance with the UCITS Directive. "With few exceptions, carbon dioxide is now widely recognised to have a negative impact on the climate," said Mats Andersson, CEO at AP4, in a statement. "We believe that greenhouse gas emissions are associated ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... social goals are intrinsic to the foundation of a member-owned organization, companies often don't articulate their social impact, another area that the BCCM is looking to remedy. "What we'll be concentrating on is explaining that the business model ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... to AU$66,000 to place a child in foster care, and avoiding that outcome, and the resulting positive social and financial impact on the state is the basis of the bond's return calculation. "Measuring the progress has been a tricky one, because you have ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... a degree, have a stock and flow rationale to it because it looks at how corporate business models are used and how they impact upon a stock of capitals and some of those capitals are clearly natural capitals in nature. We are now building reporting methodologies ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... damage to buildings and installation along coastlines. In addition, the damage to the Great Barrier Reef could have a huge impact on the Australian tourism industry. It could also have knock-on effects to fishermen and other people and businesses who ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... which was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities. "As we launched the SEDIF fund over the last few years, we received inquiries from early ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will collaborate to drive private sector contribution to sustainable development goals. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief ...