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Diversity Council Australia urges employer action in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... leaders" from Asian cultural backgrounds working in Australia for Cracking the Cultural Ceiling: Future Proofing Your Business in the Asian Century. The report finds that Asian-Australians represent 9.3% of the Australian labour force, but only 4.9% ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... vast majority of funds in their investment portfolio understand the ESG risks, and over the years, that's become part of business as usual. At an industry level, that's the role of ASFA." Superannuation is political, noted Gordon Hagart, ACSI CEO. "We ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund launches Solar Finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) is targeting business owners in a campaign to advise them of financing options for cost-effective solar installation. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund SMF's Solar Finance program uses the established ...

KKR invests in Sundrop Farms expansion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... and water its crops. Sundrop is the world's first commercially and environmentally sustainable arid climate agriculture business, and this significant investment is at the heart of our growth strategy." The KKR growth capital will be invested to scale ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... have a great starting point to build on. There is real opportunity to think about the sustainability context in which business operates, and we don't see companies doing that yet. The discourse around the issues centres on compliance and efficiency ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... corporate bonds that conform to Altius's sustainability policy. The fund screens out bonds from issuers whose primary business activity is at odds with the fund's defined ESG principles, including the production of armaments, uranium and tobacco said ...

Combet calls for return of carbon pricing policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... rational economic thought based upon proper enunciation and appreciation of the science," Combet said. "Investors and the business community more generally have a very important role to play to bring public policy back to that appreciation, because you ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... the vast majority of credible institutions around the world do. Insurers, financial services companies, governments, business and economic think tanks. So looking at that, it doesn't matter what we think - we can objectively say that this is what the ...

Sustainalytics considering expansion into Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... the asset owner and the asset manager side," he told The Sustainability Report in an interview. "We've strengthened our business in NA, throughout Europe, throughout Asia, and while we've been serving this market from our Singapore office and globally ...

IIRC launches IR Technology Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... technologies can be applied to make corporate reporting faster, more efficient, more accurate and better integrated into business processes. It will also aim to enhance the experience for users of reports." Deloitte came to the IR Technology Initiative ...