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Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... infrastructure and rule of law," he said. However, although overseas institutional investors are looking to invest in Australian farmland, only a "small number" of Australian superannuation funds have invested in Australian farmland, and "they have generally ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... in integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Australia has been too little and too slow, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social ...

CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide up to AU$50 million in senior debt finance for the development of Western Australian waste-to-gas facilities by New Energy Corporation (New Energy). Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO New Energy has two major waste-to-gas ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... work together to "enhance the management and development of an innovative range of impact investment products for the Australian market," Foresters said. "Foresters achievements in the emerging impact investment sector are growing strongly with close ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... in assets under management and has three portfolios - the UCA Cash Portfolio, the UCA Growth Portfolio and the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio. It also operates the Uniting Growth Fund, the Development Fund and the Funeral Fund for individuals, self-managed ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
A regulatory guide released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended recommendations of how directors should disclose risks and future prospects of a listed company, opening further opportunities for transparency around ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Biodiversity (TEEB) and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)." Although the report didn't analyse any Australian-based projects, the conclusions are applicable to abatement activities in Australia, Salisbury said, cit the Aboriginal ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... "How do we change it? I think the problem is that various companies have always left it to the industry body, [the Australian Pipeline Industry Association ]APIA, to be their spokesperson in the past, and I think that's a huge mistake. if you can't hire ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... vital means for companies to communicate non-financial indicators to capital markets, and regulatory changes in the Australian market mean that companies must think through their sustainability reporting strategies, experts said. Carol Adams, Director ...

Vast Solar begins construction on 6MW solar thermal station

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... started construction on a 6MW concentrating solar thermal (CST) pilot project in New South Wales, a first of its kind Australian project. The Jemalong Solar Thermal Station will include three hours' thermal storage, which should enable the plant to generate ...