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Court back Commonwealth Bank in ACCR case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Federal Court in Melbourne has ruled in favour of Commonwealth Bank of Australia in a case brought by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and Environmental Justice Australia on the right of shareholders to put a resolution ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... legal, operational and market risks, which could affect the credit risks and market value of underlying assets." National Australia Bank, a signatory to the Natural Capital Declaration, was one of the institutions evaluated in the assessment. The study ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 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 ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... "There's benefits in diversity, using other people's strengths," said David Braga, Head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia and New Zealand. "In a sense, it's no different to what's going on in general - what it is to be a good corporate governance ...

ACSI calls for better ASX disclosure of mental health and safety

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
More than 90% of ASX200 financial companies and 75% of mining and utilities companies have commitments to workplace mental health and safety, but barely one third publicly disclose information on the effectiveness of those programs, according to research ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... million to develop a pilot social benefit bond program in its budget this week. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia Queensland Treasury will be allocated AU$2 million over two years to implement the social benefit bond pilot program, and ...

CEFC reports investing $500 million in last year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... catalysed a further AU$2.2 billion in other investment in clean technology infrastructure and energy efficiency projects in Australia, CEFC has announced. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO In its two years since inception, the ...

Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... as part of the global mix. Noble noted that solutions can be tailored for Australian/NZ investors seeking a global ex-Australia mandate built on the same fundamental process. Inflection Point is a boutique investment firm with operations in London and ...

NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... requirements wherever they are in the world," said Bert Rebelo, head of asset management institutional business for Australia and New Zealand. See Also: Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

ACSI ups ante on zero-women boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is ramping up the pressure on ASX-listed companies that have no women on their boards in advance of the 2015 annual general meeting (AGM) season. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI has written a ...