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Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... shares, international shares, property, and the absolute return and private equity. CEO Peter Lambert talks with The Sustainability Report about the superannuation fund's approach to sustainable investment in practice. Q: What are the philosophical underpinnings ...

GRI and ISO agree to closer collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... voluntary international standards, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), developer of the world's most widely used sustainability reporting framework, have agreed to a closer collaboration relating to reporting and benchmarking. Under the terms ...

Fuji Xerox Australia reports waste reduction, increase in injury rates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... announced that it would move its Eco Manufacturing Centre to a five-star Green star rated facility in Sydney in its sustainability report for the 2010/2011financial year. However, Fuji Xerox Australia was not able to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions ...

PRI signatories develop farmland principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... have developed and launched the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in Farmland, which seek to improve the sustainability, transparency and accountability of investments in farmland. The five principles provide best practice guidelines (see below) ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
A Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) survey of environmental and social performance at 340 of the world's largest property companies has found that the companies on average have reduced their energy consumption in 2010 by almost 3% ...

Metcash drop paper supplier over Indonesian foresting concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... company Asia Pulp and Paper is foresting in Indonesian native forests and harming endangered species. Metcash's sustainability team initially investigated Solaris in response to viewing "footage on the condition of a Sumatran Tiger apparently due to ...

Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is spurring strategic thinking about disclosing and managing sustainability risks, companies and other organizations need to do more, including setting targets to reduce energy and water consumption ...

James Thier retires from Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainable investing has evolved over the years since Australian Ethical's founding, Thier noted that the idea of sustainability investing has become more mainstream since 2000. "In terms of the marketplace, 2000 was clearly a big shift in ethical and ...

Mirvac Group net profit up 30%, increased energy savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the non-recoverable cost per square metre per annum will be AU$1.49. Mirvac also noted several plaudits for its sustainability work. It was first in the real estate sector for the inaugural Global FTSE4Good ESG Ratings, it had the highest score, "Best ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... companies. "This approach is not dissimilar to buying a long-term portfolio insurance as a hedge to ensure multi-period sustainability of investment return," the paper notes. The collaborative approach means targeting system-wide improvement through ...