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Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon neutral by Low Carbon Australia. The three facilities that make up Zoos Victoria have been assessed against the Australian government's National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). Zoos Victoria reduced carbon emissions through a range of energy efficiency ...

SIRIS placed into administration, company confirms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... business and the strategic value to a whole range of organisations that we've been able to identify." In a filing with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, SIRIS noted the company had approximately ten creditors owed a total of AU$629,592. ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Using the prototype integrated reporting (IR) framework released by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has yielded better communication between internal stakeholders and more robust conversations about materiality, strategic focus ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... partnerships, in 2012 NAB developed a supplier diversity program to incorporate Supply Nation certified Indigenous business, Australian Disability Enterprises, women-owned business and social enterprises into the supply chain. NAB incorporated two Indigenous ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... and gas sectors. The likelihood of more than two degrees of global warming in coming decades means that investors in Australian industries must consider how those companies will be affected by more intense cyclones, higher average temperatures, less ...

City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Sekisui House on the former Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) site. Finance for Frasers' EUA will be disbursed through The Australian Environmental Upgrade Fund (TAEUF 2) established by Eureka Funds Management. TAEUF 2 is financed by AU$16 million from ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... trusts in recent years. Those have been good asset allocation decisions.You can get international exposure through Australian companies that manage their own currency risk and they still pay fully paid dividends that we can gross up for the charities. ...

CEC to partner with American Council on Renewable Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... both markets. "This new partnership between Australia and the U.S. demonstrates both the global significance of the Australian renewable energy industry, and the strategic importance of the relationship between the two countries," said David Green, chief ...

GRESB hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Property Office Fund, the GPT Group, considered retail for the purposes of the survey, Stockland for residential, Australian Prime Property Fund Industrial, managed by Lend Lease, as the industrial sector leader, and GFSGAM's Commonwealth ...

ACCSR to teach master class at GRI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) is one of six organisations chosen to run a master class at the Global Reporting Initiative conference in Amsterdam in May. Leeora Black Six GRI certified training partners have been ...