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| | | While both supply and demand for "green", climate themed bonds will continue to grow from Australian institutional investors, there is also increased attention being paid to social benefit bonds as well, according to JPMorgan Chase. Marilyn Ceci, managing ... |
| | | | There is a business case for increasing the amount of urban green space by 20% by 2020, according to 202020 Vision, a multistakeholder group. 202020 Vision, which is comprised of businesses, governments, academics, NGOs and community groups, has launched ... |
| | | | ... profit-maximisation runs into community interests. Among the proposals in the paper is the option of amending Australia's Corporations Act to expand directors' duties and adopt principles similar to S172 of the UK Companies Act, which charges directors ... |
| | | | Impact Investing Australia has hired Daniel Madhavan to the newly created role of chief executive officer. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia Madhavan comes to Impact Investing Australia from JBWere, where he worked for 12 years in a range ... |
| | | | ... consistent with the statutory covenants imposed on trustees and their directors by the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (SIS Act), El Hassan has previously told The Sustainability Report. "It comes down to a qualitative and quantitative assessment ... |
| | | | People with disabilities have higher rates of unemployment, meaning employers are under-utilising a "highly capable pool of talent," according to Diversity Council Australia. DCA and ANZ Bank recently hosted a panel discussion exploring ways in which ... |
| | | | The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has issued its firs t sustainability report, disclosing its environmental and social performance and the impact of its sustainability research and education. The university disclosed its performance around waste ... |
| | | | Six Australian companies have been named to CDP's Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014. CDP selected 187 companies globally that exhibit leadership through action to mitigate climate change, and found that as an index, those companies outperform ... |
| | | | ... that have come to light in the last couple of years.... Internationally, what's changed is that you've got the UK Bribery Act in place now, and from a practical perspective, Australian companies that do business with companies subject to the UK legislation ... |
| | | | ... economy. "[These changes] were driven by an accumulation of events and a growing awareness that gov'ts will soon start to act on climate change mitigation as well as our analysis of who the fundamental winners and losers will be," Lambert said. "We look ... |
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