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Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... heads and ministers with a much clearer picture of the impacts that public organisations are having on society, the environment and the economy" The Australian government has launched a pilot program aimed at better integrating sustainability disclosures ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Victorian Premier's Sustainability Award in 2010, won the Sustainable Business Award as part of the City of Monash's World Environment Day celebrations and received the Monash Business Award in the environment category. The roof insulation also netted ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The AU$614m Christian Super superannuation fund is engaging with a number of Australian companies with operations in Africa, particularly Australian mining companies with the goal of obtaining greater reporting around environmental and social issues ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... and rural land markets," and "[c]oncerns about land grabbing and agricultural production create a highly sensitive environment for international investors and may add regulatory and political uncertainty to investment programs." "New Forests' business ...

Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia will finance a second energy upgrade project with the city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales- the installation of a cogeneration unit at the city's aquatic centre. The AU$780,000 upgrade project at the Wagga Wagga Oasis Aquatic ...

Kenyan bank endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The KCG Group has endorsed the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD), becoming the first Kenyan bank and the second African bank to sign on to the declaration. The Natural Capital Declaration affirms the importance of natural capital in maintaining a sustainable ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
High conviction ethical superannuation fund Cruelty Free Super has passed the two year mark, amassing more than 300 members and AU$5m in assets under management. The fund is aiming for AU$10m in assets under management and plans to contribute to the ...

MSCI expands ESG research to fixed income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
MSCI has broadened its ESG research coverage to include fixed income, offering data to investors for integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment process and measuring ESG risk exposure. MSCI's ESG research now covers ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The Africa Sustainable Investment Forum ( AfricaSIF.org ), a pan-African network promoting investment in sustainable development, has launched a research project to gauge how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are integrated into investment ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... which has created a whole lot of uncertainty. The carbon price journey is only one part of that. So that has been the environment into which we have been investing, doing so on a commercial basis, or through a commercial filter, rather than being politically ...