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HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Indigenous Australians - both in accumulation and retirement." See Also: Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

Expert panel discusses CSR practices in action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Billiton, Peter Bowtell, principal, Arup, and Dr Suzanne Young, head of the Department of Management and Marketing, Latrobe University Business School, spoke on how their organisations view innovation in CSR, and whether they see their organisations ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... fund for civil servants (ERAFP) also recently joined. The existing members also include Australian Ethical Investment, University of Sydney, Church of Sweden, Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR), Mirova Natixis, Sonen Capital, and the Toronto Atmospheric ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... particular change, the board skills matrix," said Dr Ulysses Chioatto, director of the Governance Services Program at the University of Technology, Sydney and a governance expert. "What impact would it have specifically on companies being disadvantaged ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... launched that in the US," Potter said. "We have seen interest in that from the foundations and endowments in the US. University endowments will focus increasingly on low carbon solutions, we believe. We also think that as the next generation of wealth ...

Increase in ASX board cultural diversity: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA partnered with Deakin University to analyse cultural diversity in ASX-listed boards over the past 10 years, looking at the ASX100, ASX200 and ASX500. The ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Organisation, National Wildlife Federation, International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS), University of British Columbia, and University Wisconsin-Madison. It's overseen by the Industry Working Group comprised of representatives ...

ARENA funds AU$5.2m for Renergi biofuel project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... commercialise renewable energy technologies developed at the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute (FETI) at Curtin University. Professor Chun-Zhu Li is the director at FETI. "Renergi was created out of Curtin University to commercialise some of its ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Managed Insurance Authority, WorkSafe, Rental Tenancies Board Authority - part of the Department of Justice, La Trobe University, Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, National Gallery of Victoria, Royal Children's Hospital, Royal Women's Hospital ...

Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Westpac has committed to recruiting at least 40 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander university student interns annually for the next decade. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The banking group signed a 10 year contract with CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship ...