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Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... was to support a bunch of growers who wanted to basically improve their practices," said Andrew Rouse, sustainable agriculture manager at WWF-Australia. "It's a safe place for growers to innovate, because this is an innovation project. The project has ...

Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... greenhouse emissions, even though livestock production represents 14.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions globally and agriculture overall. The FAIRR Protein Producers index assessed producers against nine factors including: emissions; deforestation; water ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... identified clean energy, energy efficiency, industrial efficiency, waste, pollution and recycling, water, food and agriculture, advanced materials, and healthcare technology as the overarching themes to their investment process, Siegloff said. By looking ...

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... the SDGs could unlock US$12t in global business savings and revenue annually in four key sector clusters: food and agriculture, cities and mobility, energy and materials, and health and well-being. The research found that the 60 largest opportunities ...

Norton Rose Fulbright partners to form new energy sector advisory business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... players are entering the sector as it converges with other sectors such as real estate, transport, infrastructure and agriculture. With the help of Norton Rose Fulbright's high quality global and Australian energy teams, we will work with companies across ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... is distributed in more than 110 countries. The company recently broadened its focus to include cosmetics, food and agriculture, as well as sustainable systems that have a positive impact on society. The Vietnam eye centre is seen as a pilot, but all ...

Moving towards an Australian Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for business?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... intensive and occur in developing countries, although examples have been found in Australia as well, most commonly in agriculture. It is also true many managers remain unaware of their organisation's involvement (inadvertent or otherwise) in perpetuating ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Ceres are now working together on a multi-stakeholder strategy on deforestation, palm oil, looking at large scale agriculture, looking at a lot of things." Michael Walsh, CEO of UCA Funds Management, highlighted his fund's experience in organizing campaigns ...

Australian government launches impact investment fund for Asian SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... commenced in 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. "From cafe owners in Bangladesh to sustainable agriculture producers in Indonesia, these enterprises will benefit from a new approach to foreign aid that provides loans, equity, guarantees ...

Woolworths facing shareholder resolution asking for human rights supply chain disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... etc. Woolworths and Wesfarmers scored poorly in the report - they weren't assessed as apparel companies, but on their agriculture supply chain. There is internal asymmetry relating to different lines. Extractive companies do the best, apparels are in ...