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ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
As companies integrate corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their business strategies, the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) is analysing responsible leadership in its forthcoming annual conference and report into the ...

Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... implement new strategies to uncover and communicate how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are material to business performance, and investors need to ask companies questions on material ESG factors during traditional investor dialogues ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... consumer behaviours" and "reputation" as the top two opportunities related to climate change that can increase intangible business value, the report said. "This year's response has strong evidence of companies looking for opportunities to leverage supply ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Four Australian companies were ranked as gold award winners for sustainable business, according to The Sustainability Yearbook 2013, published by RobecoSAM and KPMG International. ANZ, GPT Group, Tabcorp Holdings and Sims Metal Management were all awarded ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... relationships between resources and the economy and the impacts of climate change. The report developed four models - business as usual, in which governments and financial markets have a low sensitivity to resource limitations, prices are based on short-term ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... and the actions needed to create a capital market for social investment in Australia. Hems said that his first order of business was to examine the work that Net Balance is already doing, but said that he did envisage continued work around reaching shared ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... an easier way to communicate it and to have some credibility behind it." Net Balance's structure is one in which the business spends up to 20% of staff time on a parallel not-for-profit organisation, the Net Balance Foundation. Net Balance is the fifth ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... evaluated their pilot revised environmental management system and expanded it to cover two material markets in their Asian business, and said they were in progress to working towards achieving their three-year environmental targets in Australia and New ...

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Equity fund manager Greencape Capital has appointed Jonathan Koh to the role of investor, responsible for stock analysis and selection. Jonathan Koh Greencape is a AU$3.97bn fund manager led by Matthew Ryland and David Pace, both ex-Merrill Lynch/BlackRock. ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF 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 and matches private investment. SEDIF has selected three fund ...