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Christian Super hires Ross Piper as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
Christian Super has hired Ross Piper as its new CEO. Piper comes to Christian Super from World Vision Australia, where he was chief operating officer. He has more than 25 years' experience in leadership and management roles across the finance and not-for ...

CEFC, Right Click Capital invest in Redback Technologies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... Generation 2 Smart Hybrid System to its 1.7 million customers in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, the ACT and South Australia. The CEFC's US$5 million comes from the Innovation fund, which uses finance from the CEFC to invest in clean energy companies ...

Woolworths facing shareholder resolution asking for human rights supply chain disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... for either business." Wesfarmers and Woolworths do provide disclosure in their apparels business. World Baptist Aid Australia rated Wesfarmers' Kmart division as a B in its 2017 Ethical Fashion report, on a scale of A - F. Gershon Nimbalker, advocacy ...

Allens sets target to achieve 35% female partners by 2022

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... recruit people, we make sure the panel is diverse and representative. Allens said it was one of the first organisations in Australia to become a signatory to the UN Women's Empowerment Principles and for the past 12 years the Workplace Gender Equality ...

Investec Australia provides development finance to Eco Energy World

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
Investec Australia Limited's Infrastructure Finance and Investment team has provided $10 million in development finance to UK-based renewables energy developer Eco Energy World for Australian solar projects. Jeff Law, head of infrastructure finance ...

CEFC commits $98 million in finance to Victoria's Bannerton Solar Park

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... and the Victorian government, the CEFC said. "We are pleased to have completed FSFL's first overseas acquisition in Australia, alongside the prestigious financial institutions and investors KDB KIAMCO and Hanwha, with support from the CEFC, growing the ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... their impact up until now has been on the reporting landscape." ACCSR is one of two GRI Certified Training Partners in Australia, and joined as a certified training partner when the program began in 2009. Since that time, ACCSR has held 45 training modules ...

Seven ASX 200 boards with no women, 64 with only one: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is warning that progress has stalled in achieving the target of having 30% female representation across ASX 200 boards. Louise Petschler, general manager - advocacy, AICD In the latest AICD Quarterly ...

Australian Executor Trustees launches strategic partnership, talks impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... chair of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. "The idea of a strategic alliance fomented out of the fact that in Australia, we're grappling with ways to provide advice to philanthropists," said Ben Clark, head of philanthropy and social investment ...

Strong uptick in participation in second GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Australian infrastructure assets have performed strongly in the second GRESB Infrastructure Assessment. AMP Capital Diversified Infrastructure Trust was named fund sector leader, Adelaide Airport was named airport sector leader, Transurban Limited was ...