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The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a fund manager training program for managers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The goal of the training program is to "enable impact investment fund managers in high-growth regions to better ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Mirvac's sustainability report. "Mirvac's been very good in the past at delivering sustainability initiatives across the business, but what we've lacked is a clear strategic direction so that the initiatives are interlinked and interwoven into a common ...

Mutuals, co-ops have turnover of $104 billion: BCCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... turnover of more than AU$104 billion and combined assets of AU$282 billion in 2012/2013, according to a report by the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM). Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO (Photo courtesy of BCCM) In its 2014 National Mutual ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... oxide abatement technology at Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers," along with efforts across the rest of the business, Wesfarmers said. Wesfarmers also reported that this year, discount department store divisions Target and Wesfarmers committed ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... to making up to AU$6 billion available for lending and investment in cleantech and environmental services across the business, with AU$4.0 billion had been made available by the end of March 2014, and a total of AU$8 billion lent by the end of the financial ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Water insecurity is likely to constrain companies' business growth, but water risk assessments are "often" falling short in both direct operations and supply chain, according to CDP. Cate Lamb, head of CDP's water program CDP recently published the ...

Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Unilever, representing a market capitalization of over US$3 trillion, according to CDP. "There's clearly an imperative and a business case for removing deforestation from supply chains, and I think companies are recognising it more this year than any ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... commitment to be fossil fuel free in their lending, or who don't lend to fossil fuel projects by the nature of their business model," he said. In March of this year, Teachers Mutual Bank released a statement clarifying that their sustainability policies ...

CEFC allocates more than AU$930m in first full year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... CEFC said. Potential investments include "energy efficiency aggregation financing programs focused on small to mid-sized business, rooftop solar PV financing, bioenergy and waste-to energy projects" and cover "transport, storage and remote and end-of-grid ...

CDSB publishes final draft of expanded framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Directive." "The CDSB Framework adopts relevant principles from existing reporting standards and practices with which business is already familiar, standardizing reporting of environmental information through collaboration and by identifying and coalescing ...