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Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... accessible. "It's really that situation where you have an incident where it's a car accident or similar where the car is off the road, and what a disruption it makes not only to the finances, but also to your day to day life," Collis said. "If you live ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... year ago. They did this not only by addressing what they do with the truck fleet - and they have thousands of trucks on the road, but also with the buildings. The measures they introduced with trucks are absolutely fascinating, because they reduced energy ...

ASX companies report shared value strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... employment/unemployment and other issues rather than homelessness and affordable housing." Organisations that are further down the road on integrating shared value strategies are aligning their social programs with their core business - Steel cited the ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
Signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are engaging with governments and business on multinational tax avoidance and commitments around climate change in the lead up to the Paris Climate Change talks, among other activities ...

ACCR considers appeal in Commonwealth Bank case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is considering whether to appeal a federal court decision that affirms the right of companies to refuse ordinary resolutions to their annual general meeting (AGM). Last year, ACCR put a resolution ...

UCA Funds Management to convert funds to MIS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... church with a big sign out front saying, beware - the same health and safety standards that apply to the coffee shop down the road don 't apply here [because] we're a church-owned enterprise." Registering UCA Funds Management as a responsible entity ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Change Conference in December. The three groups will work to encourage companies to adopt one or more of six parts of the Road to Paris climate leadership initiatives. Thus far, Westpac and Novion Property Group are the two Australian companies out of ...

Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... elements were integrated into the project or the asset due diligence," Billimoria said. "If someone wants to develop a toll road or a power station, you have to consider the environment, you have to consider the communities you're impacting on. That ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Westpac Group reported increases in women in leadership roles, lending to cleantech and environmental services of AU$8 billion and new commitments around disclosure of carbon emissions as part of its 2014 sustainability report. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Co-operatives and mutuals offer an alternative "third way" to complement for-profit and not-for-profit business models for delivery of public services, according to a green paper aiming to stimulate discussion on how the sector can provide innovative ...