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Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Since 2011, 16 superannuation funds have divested from AU$1.2 billion in tobacco stocks, and one Melbourne oncologist has made it her cause to persuade the superannuation industry to divest from the rest of what she estimates is a total of AU$8.5 billion ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... The report is based on responses from 207 cities, nearly double the 110 responses in last year's report. The City of Melbourne and the City of Sydney both participated in this year's report, as they did last year. This is CDP's fourth cities report. ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... first developed and applied in the UK by Paul Marsh, later applied in Australia by John Handley of the University of Melbourne. "We support companies' rights to underwrite these offerings and take some of the risk away from the entity," said Gordon Hagart ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... methodology, the standard of 30-50% in emissions reductions is an achievable target, said Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. The average percentage saving (tCO2-e) of the projects financed by environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs) ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... highlight examples of good CSR leadership within Australian organisations and produced a CSR Top 10 list - ABC, ARUP, GHD, Melbourne Water, National Australia Bank, Newmont Mining Corporation, PwC Australia, Rio Tinto, The University of Queensland and ...

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... former CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation, has been appointed a public policy fellow at the University of Melbourne. Henry will undertake research into climate change policy and the role of public activism, specifically the last decade of ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... at Crowe Horwath in Argentina, to Australia to present on sustainability reporting to clients in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. "The first reaction is always surprise because a lot of companies don't understand that there are well defined and established ...

CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... their buildings' energy consumption and costs," said CEFC CEO Oliver Yates. EUAs are currently offered by the Cities of Melbourne, Sydney, North Sydney, Parramatta, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. The provision of EUAs is in planning for Penrith and Wollongong ...

Social Ventures Australia funds Melbourne LEGO club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has provided start-up funding to a Melbourne-based social enterprise that provides LEGO activities to children who struggle with "more traditional club activities, including children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)." ...

Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... receiving the results of a study into suicide rates in the construction industry. The study conducted by the University of Melbourne found that from 2001-2010, the suicide rate among construction labourers was significantly greater than the general male ...