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ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... encourage governments to do more." The ACCA report broke down stakeholders' positions by country as well as by theme. The Australian stakeholders that participated in the analysis collectively said that the weaker commitments were shaped by three factors ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... standard and that they can be independently verified." Greenfleet said that they are "keen" to demonstrate that biodiverse Australian forests are one way to mitigate climate change, and that registering projects through the CFI is a mechanism to demonstrate ...

LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Wales, and Operation Smile and the Romero Centre in Brisbane. When establishing the trust in 2010, LUCRF spoke with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to make sure that funding the CPT was in line with the fund's legal obligations. ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... risks matter, one of the biggest changes that Ann Byrne has seen in her five years as chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO Byrne recently announced that she will step down as CEO at ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... using a combination of Vestas V90-2.0 MW, V100-1.8 MW and V90-3.0 MW turbines, CEFC said. It is estimated to avoid Australian carbon emissions by 250,000 tonnes a year. " The joint venture between CBD Energy and Santander combines the considerable experience ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
A majority of Australian businesses would prefer to see a floating price emissions trading scheme as opposed to the current fixed price regime, according to a survey by Businesses for a Clean Economy. Jennifer Lauber-Patterson Businesses for a Clean ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than a third of Australian consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... received a C, Nestle and HSBC Holdings to a B, and Merck and Company has been awarded an A grading. The only other Australian company in the EIRIS Global Sustainability Report was BHP Billiton, which received a B in 2013, the same grade as 2012. Overall ...

AMP Capital hires ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... form Sustainable Investments Research Institute (SIRIS), and has extensive experience in ESG research, particularly Australian and Asian companies, as well as proxy voting. Samuel will work on proxy voting, particularly in International securities, and ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... organisation like PRI," said Reynolds, who joined PRI in February after previously working as chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). "We've got signatories from developing countries that are starting down the path ...