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Good Shepherd Microfinance, IAG pilot microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... minimum amount of cover available in the market was $25,000 and quite frankly, there's probably half a million people in Australia that simply do not have that value of contents," Mooney said. "I think that our advice, our feedback and what the insurers ...

CAER, South Pole Group partner on investment services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
South Pole Group and CAER have partnered to offer investment portfolio carbon footprinting services. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO CAER will distribute analysis services in the Australian and New Zealand market as a result of this partnership, and is led ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... representatives either in trade unions or other forms of representation as well," Markey said. Markey noted that in Australia as well as the UK and other countries in Europe, formal and informal employee/employer arrangements have been used to develop ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas policy in which it committed to not "build, finance or acquire new conventional coal-fired power stations in Australia (i.e. without carbon capture and storage," not extend the operating life of any of its existing coal-fired power stations ...

First State Super invests in Australian tech, almonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... has made two allocations in recent months, investing in venture capital focusing on Australian internet start-ups and Australia agriculture, which the fund says is in line with the investment principal of universal ownership. First State Super has invested ...

Climate Friendly certified a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... competing not only to be best in the world, but best for the world," said Alicia Darvall, executive director of B Lab Australia & New Zealand, the non-profit behind B Corp. "We hope it inspires many more companies to take the first step to becoming certified ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas policy in which it committed to not "build, finance or acquire new conventional coal-fired power stations in Australia (i.e. without carbon capture and storage," not extend the operating life of any of its existing coal-fired power stations ...

Australia falls in EY renewable energy index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Australia has tumbled out of the top ten in EY's Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), due to policy changes that has slowed momentum in the market. Australia has fallen from 10 th to 13 th in the most recent RECAI. "Australia's government ...

Diversity Council Australia rates Asia capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... broad need for Australian organisations to improve that capability, according to research from the Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA surveyed a national sample of more than 2,000 Australian workers for ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... MinterEllison partner Maged Girgis and MinterEllison special counsel Sarah Barker. "This case has ramifications for Australia in two ways," Girgis said. "The first is that a lot of thought leadership comes out of the US and the UK. This case is a door ...