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CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... absolute emission reduction targets with a target or a completion year further out than one year." Charter Hall Group, Commonwealth Property Office Fund, Qantas Airways and Sims Metal Management reported absolute emission reduction targets with a target ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... reference for the Financial System Inquiry were released this week. The inquiry will be chaired by David Murray, former Commonwealth Bank chief executive and former chair of the Future Fund board. Good Shepherd Microfinance's provider network includes ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... investments in the annual report, including the AU$100 million Energy Efficient Loan facility co-financed by CEFC with Commonwealth Bank for funding to smaller business, particularly the manufacturing sector, to upgrade facilities and equipment for energy ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has reported that it has achieved and exceeded its target to reduce carbon emissions by the end of the 2012/2013 financial year, but it included in its calculations of its reductions a re-allocation of 3,500 tonnes ...

DLA Piper: climate change legal risk in property development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... with these issues," he said. "There have been ad hoc attempts to put together frameworks. It has to start at the Commonwealth level, down through the states and even to local government level to dispose of the uncertainties. We have learnt that the failure ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and The Benevolent Society have raised AU$10 million for its social benefit bond (SBB). The funds raised by the SBB will go towards establishing The Resilient Families preservation service ...

ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... million in 2012, Jacques Nasser, chairman of BHP Billiton, who received $1.15 million and David Turner, chairman of Commonwealth Bank, who received $831,619. See Also: ACSI: Average fixed CEO pay declined in 2012

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Merrill Lynch's debt capital markets division. "Since then we have led other green bonds for World Bank, KEXIM, EIB, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, OPIC and others. We are excited by the growth in the market with larger issuance sizes, additional issuers ...

UN Global Compact designs equities index that outperforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... 17.7%, and both the GC 100 and the FTSE All World rose 12% over the last three years. Australian listed entities ANZ, Commonwealth Property Office Fund, National Australia Bank and Westpac are included in the index. "While the performance of the GC 100 ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian companies make up 12 of the overall Global 500 companies- Wesfarmers, Woolworths, Woodside, ANZ Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, NAB, Westfield, Westpac, CSL, Telstra, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. There is a range of results in the 12 ...