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Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... US$25m in 2013 as well. There are a number of managers providing funds into the impact investment sphere already in Australia, and the Australian government is further encouraging the sector's development through the Department of Education, Employment ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... appropriate benchmarks for measuring financial, social and environmental impacts of their investments, fund managers in Australia are also working on establishing their processes. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations' (DEEWR) ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Walsh as executive director and chief executive officer. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania and manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other not-for-profit ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... their investee companies. This dilemma is very relevant for established pioneers in sustainable investing - in Europe, Australia and North America - because they are now targeting greater allocation to Asia's public and private markets."

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Diversified property group Charter Hall has reported establishing a corporate responsibility and sustainability (CR&S) working group and increased embedding of environmental, social and governance issues in their businesses objectives in its first sustainability ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). GNDI is an international partnership of nine corporate director organisations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Colvin was unanimously ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
If you eat or drink in Australia, you're likely to have been a Woolworths customer once or twice this year. If not, you may have bought something in a big box from BigW or Masters, as Woolworths pushes to match its doppelganger Wesfarmers in every sector. ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Authority (CCA) has recommended that the government retain its renewable energy target (RET), which aims to source 20% of Australia's energy from renewable sources by 2020, a decision that has been welcomed as providing stability to the industry. The ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia (LCAL) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have agreed to merge from 2013. Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO The in-principle merger agreement will see LCAL's energy efficiency programs, staff, system, platforms roll into ...

NAB Asset Servicing developing ESG overlay tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank's custody and administration division is in the process of developing a responsible investment overlay tool that will provide superannuation fund trustees with a monthly report on the environmental, social and governance exposures ...