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CFSGAM reports top quartile performance in UNPRI principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... into the investment process, according to its annual UNPRI report. In detailing how the firm implements the PRI into its business strategy, CFSGAM reported that they had embedded the PRI principles into its balanced scorecard for the business, and that ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Investors, banks and industry bodies welcomed the report on the structure of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), saying that the expert review panel's conclusions reflected a pragmatic view of the CEFC's role in facilitating private investment ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... overarching voluntary set of standards as set out in the - the so-called Ruggie Framework, otherwise known as the The UN Business and Human Rights "Protect, Respect and Remedy' Framework" proposed by UN Special Representative John Ruggie and endorsed ...

David Green named Clean Energy Council CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Council (CEC) has hired David Green as its new chief executive officer. Green was the founding chief executive of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy (UKBCSE) from 2001 to the start of this year, and is an executive director of the International ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities. "Where we do apply it - and I must emphasise that we're cautious ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Governance Principles and Recommendations. Principle 7 establishes how companies should disclose and communicate "material" business risks, including: operational, environmental, sustainability, compliance, strategic, ethical, reputation or brand, technological ...

Companies should present negative sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Balanced reporting is integral to maintaining trust and reputational benefit, said Alex Malley, CEO of CPA Australia. "Business leaders that don't encourage reporting on sustainability performance in an honest and transparent manner are doing themselves ...

FlexiGroup joins Low Carbon Australia on financing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has announced a partnership with FlexiGroup as part of its Energy Smart Finance program, offering small businesses access to energy efficient technology through lease financing. The program will allow businesses to access lease ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... cooperative organisations," he said. "We began our sustainability journey in 2004.... It has been an absolute core part of our business strategy. It's our way that we differentiate ourselves in the market, it's the way we build long term competitive ...

New South Wales announces first social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... what we're good at to do something that matters.... The [bond] team had already been helping organisations with their business acumen, but this was about using the bond structuring. Also, Westpac has been working for some time around social housing and ...