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IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s analysis of climate finance shows that redirecting global funds from investment emissions intensive assets to low carbon sources should be a priority for governments and investors, according to ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that lead in corporate responsibility are linking sustainability progress with remuneration and have strong stakeholder engagement on sustainability, according to the Business in the Community (BITC) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Index. BITC ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the inquiry centred on six main areas and opportunities for reform - access to capital, a dedicated social investment bank, tax concessions and incentives, a corporate bond market, financial intermediaries, structural barriers and regulatory requirements ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... which is held by the Liberal Coalition led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, had passed the government's Clean Energy (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill, but in the Senate, the balance of power is held by the Labor Party and the Greens. The Senate vote to reject ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... to the financial profile of a social enterprise. "There are advantages, because not for profits are not necessarily paying tax, and they might have internal resources, like infrastructure," Thomas said. "For example, if you're a charity with a big hall ...

UCA Funds Management on asset allocation for NFP portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... on equities and property is shrinking, hitting at cornerstone investments by charities. The paper discusses the benefits of tax-free capital gains and returns of dividend imputation credits for charity investors as well as a matrix asset allocation for ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... there will be an ongoing cost of carbon - the mechanism, the form, whether it is a Direct Action Plan, a trading scheme or a tax, that question is going to evolve, should we say, but I think there's a general acceptance that there will be a cost of carbon. ...

Paladin Energy, Swala Energy join EITI Supporting Companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Australian companies Paladin Energy and Swala Energy and seven other oil, mining and gas companies have recently joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as supporting companies. According to the EITI, 85 companies around the ...

Remuneration consultant disclosure regime questioned

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... external advice in determining the remuneration for [key management personnel], including advice related to remuneration such as tax planning." "I think it's perfectly legitimate if a board hires a remuneration consultant because they have hired an executive ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)'s portfolio includes 39 investments of over AU$536 million, and every dollar that the CEFC has invested has attracted $2.90 of private sector investment. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The CEFC has released its annual ...