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Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... 12 in the ethical funds sector, has served as president of the Ethical Investment Association and is convenor of the Australian Sustainability Awards. He is also the executive director of the Lifecraft Group and publisher of magazine Ethical Investor. ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Charter Hall manages 184 properties for wholesale, institutional and retail clients, with an AU$9.6bn predominately Australian property portfolio across the core office, industrial and retail sectors. It reported a statutory profit after tax of AU$16.7m ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
John Colvin, chief executive and managing director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), has been elected chairman of the new Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). GNDI is an international partnership of nine corporate director ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... says about its supplier relationships reasonably acknowledges these issues, though blaming its competitor in the new Australian pass-the-buck tradition. Its measures in working with farmer groups are realistic and would seem to be paying dividends. The ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... will facilitate building the CEFC's investment pipeline. LCAL is an independent company established in 2010 by the Australian government and manages an AU$84.6m investment fund which provides finance to improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... typically accommodate for a new business that's doing something new and innovative to reduce the carbon intensity of the Australian economy," he said. "[Low Carbon Australia] certainly helped us with tenure and the way we structured the funding accommodated ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... people fired up," Poulter said. "I think the competition will, is already beginning, to have an impact. A couple of Australian funds are the first in the world to make their full disclosures around climate change and that can only continue. These asset ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... mark around whether this actually is the case." Nithya Iyer, manager, environmental and social responsibility at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) noted that asset owners have a fiduciary responsibility to consider these risks. ...

ClimateWorks Australia developing GHG reductions index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... ClimateWorks Australia is focusing on the large industrial companies in its pilot because it will be able to use the Australian government's Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) public reports. The EEO program requires businesses whose annual energy ...

More women appointed to ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... continuing to appoint more women to boards, leading to more diversity in age as well as in gender, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The AICD ASX 200 Snapshot Report 2012 found that women directors comprised 12.67% of ...