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IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... business opportunities. Shenzhen is the first city in China to begin with an emissions trading scheme, and China has initiated seven emission trading pilots at provincial and municipal levels. "With IFC's networks and resources, the exchange can develop ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... addresses outlines some of the persistent misperceptions of ESG analysis and integration. "I've been in the industry for seven years," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "I used to be a mainstream analyst before gravitating to ESG.... I thought some of the myths ...

COzero names new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... been non-executive chairman of COzero since May 2012. Nick Armstrong, the previous CEO, is now an executive director after seven years as CEO. His new role will involve investor relations, corporate advisory and M&A, COzero said. "COzero congratulates ...

APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... quite honest, because we think that's been quite slow," Braund said. "... We're talking about a six percent increase in seven years; I hope your superannuation fund's return has grown faster than that." The superannuation industry needs to set a target ...

Paladin Energy, Swala Energy join EITI Supporting Companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Australian companies Paladin Energy and Swala Energy and seven other oil, mining and gas companies have recently joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as supporting companies. According to the EITI, 85 companies around the ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Co-operative, which opened in Western Canberra three years ago and has 25,000 members and 24 general practitioners across seven clinics. Morrison noted that this accounts for around 7% of the population in ACT. The National Health Co-operative has a ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... for farmlands, around five years for water. It's like a slow build. If you look at issues like food security - there are seven billion people in the world, and they get their food from 11% of the world's land surface. Only 3% of that 11% is considered ...

GRI, RAFI to collaborate on human rights reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... as GRI prepares to become a formal international standard setting body, GRI said. Buck has worked with GRI for more than seven years and is a member of the Technical taskforce of the International Integrated Reporting. He will report to GRI Chief Executive ...

RIAA: majority of Australians would choose responsible super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... invest in a responsible super fund, versus 46% who would invest which only considers maximising financial returns. Nearly seven in 10 Australians - 69% - agree that it was important for superannuation funds to make responsible investments, said Simon ...

IGCC welcomes CCA draft report on emissions targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... the rolling over of Kyoto credits to the 2020 period and would still necessitate substantial emissions reductions in just seven years. "If Australia is to move to deeper emissions reduction targets in future, it would be better to decide sooner so that ...