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Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... primary and secondary school students. In 2012, the bank started its SmartStart Pathways program to bring money management skills to vocational students in year 11, year 12 and TAFE programs. CBA also reiterated its work with the indigenous communities ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... buildings; green education and healthcare facilities; move beyond buildings to communities and cities; and embed green skills across all industry training. Mellon likened the need to embed green skills across the workforce to the push to embed occupational ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... long term horizon. What we're now learning is that it takes a lot more than simple financial investment and management skills because the economic and environmental and social issues are impacting investment returns more and more and we're clearly in ...

AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... do we do that at a global fund level. How do we do this and make the cost and the scoring apples to apples." See Also: Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... AfricaSIF.org, in a media statement. "Through this project, AfricaSIF.org is scaling up the awareness, increasing technical skills, and advocating for sustainable investment in Africa." AfricaSIF.org cited research from the IFC that found that the investment ...

CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Minister's Business Taskforce on Flood Recovery, the National Workplace Consultative Committee, Infrastructure Australia and Skills Australia. She previously served as a member of the Henry Tax Review, and is a chair of the Productivity and Prosperity ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... in the areas of the environment, industry and economics," said John Thwaites, ClimateWorks Australia' chairman. "Their skills and expertise will be invaluable as ClimateWorks continues to work with business, government and investors to help Australia ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... inception, with 30,000 participants in the last year. Evaluations of MoneyMinded show that participants report an increase in skills, knowledge and confidence around financial literacy. There is scope for expansion of MoneyMinded, through negotiations ...

La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... positions. La Trobe's goal is to "be at the forefront of addressing key global issue and developing graduates with the skills and knowledge required to address social, environmental and economic sustainability challenges in their chosen field," said ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... and the regulatory framework should support the development of training amongst practitioners to improve sustainability skills," IICGG said. "The introduction of market and fiscal instruments such as a strong and sustained price signal on carbon, carbon ...