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Workplace diversity a driver of innovation: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Workplace diversity and inclusion are drivers of innovation, according to Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia Picking up on the release of the government's National Innovation and Science Agenda, DCA pressed ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian industry fund with more than AU$6 billion in assets under management and more than 150,000 members, in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... deal that will lead to the decarbonisation of the global economy. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Although Australia has signed on to the agreement, it is not expected to cause any immediate changes to the federal government's climate change ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... mitigation measures. As an example, the potential for broader use of savanna fire management methodologies developed in Australia was a theme that came out of discussions at a pre-COP21 event at UNESCO and other side-event discussions at COP21," Gerrard ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... of approximately 125% since 2008, and means that payday lenders represent 0.4% of the total consumer credit market in Australia. By way of comparison, ASIC notes the payday lending industry in the United Kingdom "is estimated to be writing £2.5 billion ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... to a sustainable bond product." RIAA is the peak industry body representing responsible and ethical investors across Australia and New Zealand. It has more than 160 members who collectively manage at least $1 trillion globally in assets under management. ...

Elizabeth Proust appointed AICD chairman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Proust has been a director of the AICD since March 2014. She is chairman of Nestle Australia, chairman of the Bank of Melbourne, and a member of the JP Morgan Advisory Council. She is also deputy chairman of the ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Rachel Alembakis, publisher, The Sustainability Report; Alice Cope, executive manager of the UN Global Compact Network Australia. Missing from photo: Ian Woods, head of ESG Investment research at AMP Capital Investors A panel of experts discussed how ...

ESG RA to become RIAA working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants dedicated to "the amount and quality of stock broker research in Australia that includes consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues," according to its website. The majority ...

ARENA, CEFC back Barcaldine Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... being planned and developed by the Barcaldine Remote Community Solar Farm Pty Ltd (BRCSF), a company owned by Elecnor Australia Pty Ltd. Elecnor Australia is a subsidiary of Elecnor SA, one of the world's leading solar energy development companies. Elecnor ...