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Financial System Inquiry recommends on impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... concessions to encourage further impact investing - was pushed off to a taxation white paper process. Last year, the University of Sydney published two reports - Impact Investment: Perspectives for Australian Superannuation Funds and Impact Investments ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... of fossil fuel divestment has recently been highlighted by the media and political reaction to Australian National University (ANU)'s decision to divest from Santos, Newcrest Mining, Iluka Resources, Sandfire Resources, Oil Search, Independence Group ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has issued its firs t sustainability report, disclosing its environmental and social performance and the impact of its sustainability research and education. The university disclosed its performance around waste ...

CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... the United States," according to CSIRO. Marshall will join CSIRO in January 2015. Marshall was educated at Macquarie University and holds a doctorate in physics. He began his career in the Defence Science and Technology Organisation and has 25 years' ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... changes to the economy or lifestyle," according to recent research by ClimateWorks Australia and the Australian National University (ANU). The biggest changes needed to decarbonise the Australian economy is in energy and carbon forestry, said Anna Skarbek ...

SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... after receiving the results of a study into suicide rates in the construction industry. The study conducted by the University of Melbourne found that from 2001-2010, the suicide rate among construction labourers was significantly greater than the general ...

ARENA allocates $21.5m to solar R&D projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... equalling more than $70 million," said Parliamentary Secretary for Industry Bob Baldwin at an event hosted by ARENA at the University of New South Wales earlier this week. "These projects represent the very best of the best. They were selected from a ...

Australian National University Investment Office selects CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
CAER will provide the Australian National University (ANU)'s Investment Office with environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and company reports as part of a new agreement. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO ANU's Investment Office manages the university's ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... the interim report did not go into detail on the barriers to developing and pointed to two reports published by the University of Sydney - Impact Investment: Perspectives for Australian Superannuation Funds and Impact Investments: Perspectives for Australian ...

University of Sydney Business School adopts CAER research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The University of Sydney Business School will utilise CAER's environmental, social and governance research, CAER has announced. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO The University of Sydney's Business school has taking out an ongoing subscription to the CAER service ...