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Moving towards an Australian Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for business?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this article from Katherine Christ of the University of South Australia and Roger Burritt of the Australian National University Dr Katherine Christ and Professor Roger Burritt Roger Burritt, ANU ...

26% of ASX200 board positions filled by women: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... diversity target has also doubled, from 35 in September 2015, to 70 at the end of November 2017. "More than 55% of all university graduates in Australia are women," said AICD Chairman Elizabeth Proust AO. "So why is it that by the time we get to executive ...

The Sustainability Report Podcast: Dr Katina Michael

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... how their products and processes will shape how we interact. We're talking with Dr Katina Michael, a professor at the University of Wollongong in the School of Information Systems and Technology in Australia. Katina has previously been employed as a ...

Diversity Council Australia explores "double jeopardy" facing culturally diverse women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... them out of leadership. Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia The Diversity Council Australia (DCA) and the University of Sydney Business School surveyed the women to gauge what is preventing them from progress and what organisations can do about ...

Green Bond issuance up 50% on first half of 2016: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV) has issued an AU$300 million green bond, also certified by the CBI, and Monash University issued an AU$218 million green bond, also certified by CBI. Last week, Australian Catholic University issued a 200 million ...

CEFC lends $32m for construction of green student accommodation project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... ongoing energy costs." The Waymouth Street project is in Adelaide's CBD, within walking distance of campuses for both the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide. Adelaide has more than 65,000 full time higher education students ...

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... highlighting NAB's Gender Equality Bond, the issuance of certified green bonds, and the July issuance of Australian Catholic University's Sustainability Bond as examples. "That will ramp up quite quickly because I think a lot of the institutional market ...

Mercer study reveals diversity gap in investment management industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... of the asset owners and Mercer will focus on developing a program to implement these strategies and applying them to university students, early career professionals and other professionals with the aim of addressing these barriers and challenges, Beattie ...

Australian Catholic University issues $200m Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Australian Catholic University (ACU) has issued a $200 million Sustainability Bond to be used in green building construction and education program development. Scott Jenkins, chief financial officer, Australian Catholic University ACU is the first Australian ...

Local Government Super appoints Katherine O'Regan as board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... O'Regan is also a Director of the public policy think tank The Sydney Institute, and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (University of Canberra), Masters of Business Administration (Australian Graduate School of Management) and a Masters of US Studies ...