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IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Senate inquiry into the repeal of the Clean Energy Future legislation. "The business model of the CEFC is not an investment banking business model - it is not there to maximise the returns for the broker," said Nathan Fabian, chief executive of the IGCC. ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... -we're here to help Australians have a healthy relationship with money," Benson said. "Everything we do in our personal banking is about providing our customers with the right products and services at the right time. We also have the work we do in microfinance ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group's 2013 annual review and sustainability report benchmarks the banking group's performance against financial, social and environmental indicators based on its new sustainability strategy announced in February. The bank reported 2013 cash ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... incorporate information from other parts of the business was interesting." The process was founded on bankmecu's responsible banking charter as a customer-owned institution, and generating an integrated report reinforced the strategies and how bankmecu ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... to raise awareness about the function and power of member-owned businesses. There are 1800 co-operatives and 108 mutual banking institutions, according to BCCM, and 8 out of 10 Australians have a relationship with a mutual or co-op, through organisations ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... said. "ACSI and its members have been in the vanguard of those developments." Hagart began his career as an investment banking analyst with Greenhill & Co. in London, and also worked as an investment consultant in Zurich. He holds Bachelor's and Master's ...

Dow Jones, RobecoSAM issue 2013 DJSI indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand Banking, Tabcorp and Stockland are industry group leaders in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) review. S&P Dow Jones Indices, in collaboration with RobecoSAM, have announced that the DJSI World Index 2013/2014 ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Leadership Index (CDLI), identifying companies that are the most climate-transparent. Both National Australia Bank and Westpac Banking appear on the CPLI for the financial sector. One area of reporting that CDP highlighted as a serious gap is the lack ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... small case studies clearly highlighting that it's beyond listed equities now, and we're moving into areas like responsible banking practices and responsible cash. You're also seeing uptake of impact investing in the past year from institutional investors ...

NAB, bankmecu win at Australasian Reporting Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... social and environmental performance measures," Walsh said. "At bankmecu we believe in a more responsible approach to banking and part of that includes how we report our business performance to our customers, who own the bank." bankmecu, NAB and Stockland ...