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Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... increase inclusion and participation of people with disabilities, and worked to grow the representation of mature aged employees. On environmental indicators, the bank reported committing up to AU$6 billion for lending and investment in cleantech and ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... University of New South Wales Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering department in the Faculty of Engineering. Also, employees from AECOM have joined a professional volunteering programme as well. The projects recognised as Lighthouse Activities ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability micro-site. "What we were looking to do is allow stakeholders, from the investors to the customers to the employees, to take a look over time w/out giving any misleading information and a clear label on that graph," she said. The decision ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... prohibitions to have been breached. "The sanctions for breaching these prohibitions are severe, and company directors or employees who are involved in a breach of these prohibitions by their company may also face pecuniary penalties," Anderson said. ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... not a choice we have to make because good environmental management will produce economic rewards for businesses and employees." Joining the partnership is in line with bankmecu's mission as a customer-owned bank, said Damien Walsh, managing director. ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... (ICGN). She is CEO of Gore Creek Capital, and a former senior investment officer, global equity at the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). "It is an incredibly important time for investors to be heard as a growing number of companies ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... with 261 investments and an average term of 10 years. The AU$7 billion LGS manages assets on behalf of local government employees in NSW, and around $3.7 billion of total assets are in responsible investment strategies across Australian and international ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... [SBA] are developing a green paper on it to work up a model for it, to meet the demand arising from some states with employees that are keen to get out of the public sector and be more entrepreneurial." There are a few legal structural challenges that ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... because in many cases, they're exposed to significant risk in this area." The report also found that monetary rewards for employees can drive action to reduce GHG emissions. CDP reports that companies with monetary rewards are more likely to achieve ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Three AECOM employees will volunteer to join Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that is providing affordable clean energy solutions to people in India's urban slums. AECOM landscape architect Belinda Dods, environmental engineer Rosanna ...