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Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Benchmark Report. RIAA is a member of GSIA and contributed data to the report. The most common sustainable investing strategy globally is negative/exclusionary screening, which affects US$14.4 trillion in assets, according to the report. The second most ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator has announced that the first Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction will take place on 15 April, and experts say the participants will most likely be drawn from existing Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) project owners. Jennifer ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank spent 4.55% of pre-tax profits on community investment in the last financial year, making the bank a global leader, according to the 2014 London Benchmarking Group (LBG). The 4.55% figure is AU$1.67 million of pre-tax profits for ...

ACSI sets goal of 30% women on ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has announced an initiative to get women comprising 30% of all ASX200 company boards within the next three years. ACSI will make the initiative a priority for its engagement with ASX200 boards ...

Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Westpac has committed to recruiting at least 40 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander university student interns annually for the next decade. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The banking group signed a 10 year contract with CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship ...

GRI publishes linkage document for EU ESG directive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... last year, companies with more than 500 employees must now use a report or explain approach to provide information on strategy, results and risks in six areas - environmental, social and employee-related matters, human rights, anti-corruption and bribery. ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire head of Africa

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) manager. In that role, he was responsible for reviewing and managing the implementation of the fund's strategy for responsible investing and active ownership as well as a range of other duties around engagement, monitoring and evaluation ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Supply chains in Brazil, China, India and the United States are more vulnerable to climate change than those in Europe and Japan because of lack of preparation, according to CDP. CDP analysed suppliers from 11 countries in relation to their climate ...

GRI creates two leadership groups for future discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is forming two corporate leadership groups - one to further the international discussion on the purpose of sustainability reporting, and a second on the role of integrated reporting. The GRI has established the ...

Bondor, QUT partner on sustainable building material project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will partner with Bondor, a producer of insulated roof and wall panels and lightweight decorative architectural facade panels, to measure how the company's thermal building system satisfies residents' cost savings ...