Search Results

Showing 3101 - 3110 of 3707 results for "Australia"

Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... executive. "What we see a significant opportunity for investments, up front, by the government, the Reserve Bank of Australia or the banks themselves in investing directly in community finance," Mooney said. "There is tremendous opportunity in community ...

RIAA: majority of Australians would choose responsible super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
A majority of Australians would rather invest in a responsible superannuation fund than a superannuation fund which only considers maximising financial returns, according to a national poll organised by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Local Government Super property portfolio manager retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... from The Australian Property Institute (2012), a Property Innovation and Excellence Award from the Property Council of Australia (2012) and a 'Highly Commended' ranking from the Green Globe Awards (2013). "Brian has played an integral role in bringing ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... of Queensland, David Barnard, national urban design manager at Stockland, and Sarah Cobourn, CSR officer at Hitachi Australia walked through their strategies at the second annual Australian Creating Shared Value Forum in Melbourne. The term CSV was defined ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... years on a number of different investment strategies," said Peter Mitchell, SSgA director of business development for Australia and New Zealand. "This program is unique in that ESG principles will be integrated into the stock selection process rather ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The way that retailers manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures can be a proxy for their management quality, according to research from AMP Capital Investors. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital There are fewer links between individual ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Companies around the world are unaware of deforestation risks in agricultural commodities because of lack of traceability in global supply chains, certification challenges and regulatory uncertainty, according to CDP data. Launching the CDP Global Forests ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... signatories are integrating natural capital considerations into financial accounting, disclosure and reporting. National Australia Bank is one of the founding signatories. NCD is convened by the The Global Canopy Programme and the UN Environment Programme ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has made five-year corporate responsibility commitments in its 2013 annual review, a departure from previous practice of setting annual sustainability targets. Graphic courtesy NAB The Wealth of Opportunity strategy is ...

ARENA funds UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Agency (ARENA) is providing AU$165,280 to a project that is developing strategies to increase community renewables in Australia. ARENA is providing part of the funding to the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures for its AU$266,280 project. "This project ...