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Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... palm oil contributes to economic development while also conserving precious ecosystems requires a major shift away from business as usual," O'Gorman said. "Companies must ensure that unsustainable practices are phased out; governments must support corporate ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Techno Plas. Pangolin Associates conducted energy audits for those companies as part of the South Australia government's Business Sustainability Alliance program (BSA). Matthew Curnow, joint managing director of Pangolin Associates The cost of energy ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... strategy to further drive integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment process and wider business. Oulton said CFSGAM's Global Responsible Investment Strategy had three components - building on previous efforts, improving ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... unlikely that we will use all that, and we may use considerably less, but we have the flexibility while we build the business." The CEFC will also be able to use guarantees - arrangements to reimburse the holder for a loss it incurs because a debtor ...

RI Academy to offer Enhanced Financial Analysis course

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... of responsible investment," he said. "The Responsible Investment Essentials unit is a general overview, furthering the business case for doing ESG analysis, and then we feel a lot of the people who have undertaken the unit will take on the advanced course." ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the interest in this space and also have a position that allows them to have some influence within their own employer business. We're calling it the Financial Services Forum and it will start in July. That forum is intended to do two things- allow people ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... over 100 companies participated. Net Balance Foundation manages the CR Index in Australia and New Zealand on behalf of Business in the Community. In announcing the local launch of the CR Index next week, Net Balance Foundation said that the average Australian ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... intellectual, human, social and relationship, and natural capitals that an organisation uses and affects as well as their business model. The launch of the consultation draft has been welcomed by local experts. "Many drivers of company value, such as ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... which do not have a diversity policy would have to explain why not. "Today we are proposing important legislation on business transparency across all sectors," said Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier in a statement. "This is about ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than 14% of the ASX200 market capitalisation is based on fossil fuels, and the value of fossil fuel assets is at risk in a carbon constrained world, but the risk is not evenly distributed across all resources or across a long term time ...