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Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Banco Fie, a Bolivian grass-roots microfinance institution, is the 22 nd values-based bank to join the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV). GABV is an organization of sustainable banks from around the world, including microfinance banks in ...

AMP Capital invests in North American wind farm portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
AMP Capital is investing US$100 million with Capistrano Wind Partners, a developer, owner and operator of a diversified portfolio of large-scale wind energy projects in North America. Capistrano Wind Partners was formed last year by Edison Mission Energy ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia (LCAL) has formed an alliance with engineering and construction company Wiley to develop systems to improve energy efficiency and productivity for food and meat processing companies. Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO The alliance ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Monash University has been selected one of two universities in the world to lead a United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) hub. As part of the role, Monash will "mobilise research centres, industry and community organisations ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand organisations have lost an estimated AU$373 million due to fraud in the last two years, but only 15% of organisations surveyed by KPMG see fraud as a key risk. Gary Gill "People don't take fraud, bribery and corruption seriously ...

GNDI: encourage board diversity, but not by quotas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
A diverse corporate board can have a significant, positive impact on business outcomes, but mandatory quotas are not the most effective way to improve board diversity, according to a joint policy paper issued by the Global Network of Director Institutes ...

Local Government Super sells upgraded property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has sold one of the properties in its portfolio for AU$42m. LGS sold SKM House in St Leonards to Altis Property Partners Group. The property had been retrofitted to 6-star NABERS rating and received a $439,000 grant from ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Seven out of ten Australians have identified looking after their finances as a top priority for 2013, and a majority say that it is important that their investments are aligned with their personal values, according to a survey conducted on behalf of ...

Jessica Robinson named ASrIA general manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
The Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) has hired Jessica Robinson as general manager. Robinson has worked for over 15 years in professional services and business consulting, with specialism in the financial services ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
An international team of biologists, including an associate professor at Monash University, have proposed a global biodiversity monitoring system based on a set of essential biodiversity variables to improve the data feeding biodiversity policy and ...