Search Results

Showing 2261 - 2270 of 2698 results for "business"

CEFC to provide $100m financing through Balmain Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... improve sustainability, while cutting building operating and maintenance costs," he said. "While there can be a positive business case for significantly improving energy efficiency as part of a major retrofit, often building owners have other priorities ...

PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... advisor responsible investment at PGGM Investments. "PGGM is keen to engage with companies to better understand and compare business value at risk and management responses."

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB, Westpac top "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Institute, and are proud to be punching above our weight alongside the biggest in the industry when it comes to ethical business practices and sustainability," said Steve James, chief executive officer, Teachers Mutual Bank. "For us, it's not a bolt-on ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... analysis, which we've done for years, even though it's just coming into G4, communicating risks that are already within the business and that are a risk to the business, not just to sustainability necessarily, and where the opportunities that they can ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Senate has rejected a bill to repeal the Clean Energy Future legislation, but businesses continue to operate as if the current carbon pricing mechanism will continue beyond 1 July, according to carbon advisory firm RepuTex. The federal government ...

FSC standard mandates ESG policy for superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... management policy from July under the FSC's standards. FSC full members must comply with standards that are relevant to their business, and under Standard 20, superannuation funds will have to comply with new governance arrangements, including a requirement ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... internationally." See Also: Australian Ethical Investment hires head of ethics Australian Ethical Investment to reorganise business

Ernst Ligteringen to step down from GRI in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Chief Executive Ernst Ligteringen will step down by the middle of 2015. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief executive Ligteringen has "indicated his desire to look for a new role over the past year," GRI said. "The leadership ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... way to do ESG. The global political economy is shifting and evolving, and these issues are changing the landscape for business. If you're investing internationally in companies that are operating in a changing landscape, it makes sense to pay attention. ...

CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions sign expanded partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... that FCS will have an expanded role in CDP's scoring programs and initiatives. FCS will be CDP's global sustainability business process outsourcing (BPO) partner with a three-year agreement. FCS has been a CDP scoring partner since 2011, and CDP said ...