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Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator has issued more than 160,000 carbon credits to a carbon farming project in western New South Wales covering an 8,500-hectare section of native forest. Josh Harris, Climate Friendly The Sunset Ranch Native Forest Protection ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
AGL has installed the first solar panel modules at its large-scale solar plant in Nyngan, New South Wales. AGL has installed the first solar panels at the Nyngan Solar Plant. L-R Ray Donald, Bogan Shire mayor; Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO; Kevin Humphries ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... to rate the confidence of their trustee boards on decision making. The survey found that on big issues - setting fund strategy, risk management, strategic asset allocation or selecting a new CEO - confidence was high. "Funds feel reasonably confident ...

GRI names Michael Meehan new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainability reporting where innovation and collaboration are critical components of every organization's sustainability strategy. GRI will continue playing its role in mainstreaming sustainability disclosures, and ultimately making a significant contribution ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
With the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism passing through the Australian Senate this week, companies that were liable for paying for their carbon emissions will now begin the process of unwinding their arrangements and calculating how direct and ...

Quantifying intangible assets to manage, drive company value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Creating a valuation of companies' intangible assets, including innovation, brand, productivity and sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance should be a "bottom-up" approach that is aligned with management accounts ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Unibanco, and the Inter-American Development Bank. It stresses that banks need to see creating shared value as a business strategy, rather than a public relations exercise. "It is a decision to move away from peripheral engagement with society through ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Cities recognise that climate change is a threat to businesses located within their municipalities, with impacts on property, capital, infrastructure and social impacts to communities, according to research from CDP. CDP has published Protecting Our ...

Global Reporting Initiative hires chief of staff

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... the new position of chief of staff and hired Tuulia Syvanen for the role. As chief of staff, Syvanen will coordinate strategy development and monitoring and operational management. She will work with the executive management team to "plan and formulate ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Although 85% of ASX200 companies provide some level of reporting on sustainability factors, more than 40% of those companies still rate in the bottom two categories of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)'s annual review of sustainability ...