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CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the direct infrastructure division Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) will establish the country's first unlisted clean energy direct infrastructure fund. Meg McDonald, chief operating ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia (SIA). The partnership with InterFinancial is "the first phase" in a broader capital strategy to expand Foresters' scope and scale, said Belinda Drew, Foresters chief executive officer. InterFinancial's investment in shares of SIA is part of ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... donations made by companies as well as spending through corporate foundations or grants given to not-for profit partners. The scope included voluntary donations as well as donations made to meet regulatory or legal requirements established by governments ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
A regulatory guide released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended recommendations of how directors should disclose risks and future prospects of a listed company, opening further opportunities for transparency around ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Investment Commission's Regulatory Guide 247, released in 2013, as "the sleeper of the year", explaining that it expands the scope of responsibility for operational reviews around material business risks and future prospects. It is a requirement on companies ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... comfortable in asserting that economic mobility is improved and is happening for four out of five clients." There is considerable scope to expand NILS and other micro-lending projects in Australia, Mooney said. According to the Good Shepherd Microfinance ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... addresses the language for "classifying and communicating fossil fuel energy resources in mainstream corporate reports," the scope of fossil fuel energy resources that should be reported, content and structure of reporting, impairment testing, disclosure ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... do due diligence and act with care and fulfil the obligations whether it be to members or to beneficiaries, but here is scope to invest in impact investments." The University of Sydney the Business School report estimates that charitable trusts and foundations ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... were global companies with operations in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) but only 10 included their ANZ operations in the scope of their submission. Dayeh noted that this is the first year since 2009 that a local partner has worked on the ground in Australia ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... social enterprises, not to further the development of social impact bonds, and investing in affordable housing is outside the scope of it. We also have no capability to provide capacity building funding for the growing/strengthening enterprises. [SEDIF] ...

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Green moves: Aware Super, Minderoo Foundation

ELIZABETH FRY
CareSuper hired an ESG specialist from a rival, while Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation appointed an executive director of effective philanthropy.

Macquarie AM takes over Island Green Power

KARREN VERGARA
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is now the owner of renewable energy developer Island Green Power, scooping up the remaining 50% stake.

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN
Palliser Capital has vowed to continue pressing for governance reform at Rio Tinto after its shareholder resolution calling for an independent review of the miner's dual-listed company structure fell short at the group's annual general meeting.

ISSB looks to ease Scope 3 disclosure requirements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The International Sustainability Standards Board has proposed changes to requirements under IFRS S2 to offer clarity around existing reliefs and provide further relief in relation to specific Greenhouse Gas emissions disclosures.

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