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Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines can contribute to reducing reporting costs and improving reporting efficiency in Australia's public sector, according to research commissioned by GRI's Focal Point Australia. An analysis of six different ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 allocated AU$10m to SEFA, and SEFA brought another ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... events, "[g]rowing demand for palm oil, soy, beef, and other agri-commodities creates increasing pressure for land, which can impact timberland highest and best use (HBU) value and rural land markets," and "[c]oncerns about land grabbing and agricultural ...

Foresters finances Eating Disorders Victoria service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... 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. Foresters Social Enterprise Solutions Fund is funded by both by SEDIF and by an AU$6m ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... factors, and NAB is working to integrate natural capital into its consideration of capital risks, such as perceived level of impact and dependence a sector has on natural capital or ecosystem services, and the perceived preparedness of a company for ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... pricing of externalities, which Towers Watson defines as "spillovers and unintended consequences of investments" and their impact on the financial and non-financial aspects of investments. Towers Watson developed the framework with the participation ...

Clean Energy Council: keep Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... renewable energy." The CEC noted in its submission that bringing forward forms of renewable energy formation is likely to impact on the supply of large-scale generation certificates (LGC), the credits that are generated based on the amount of renewable ...

Solaris Investment Management augments distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... signatory, uses ESG considerations as one of its qualitative analysis factors. See Also: Superannuation funds aware of ESG macro-impact Solaris appoint ESG analyst

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... warning, and there is an identified threat to basic resource supplies, you see financial materiality in action and there is an impact on the profit and loss statements at stake. If you look at increasing volatility in commodity prices, it is unprecedented ...

Superannuation funds aware of ESG macro-impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds are realising that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors should be integrated into macro-level investment decisions, and not merely as issues in individual companies, according to boutique fund manager Solaris Investment ...