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Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... a statement. "However, the right supply chain management strategy can also help companies capture opportunities." The banking and real estate sectors have had the biggest improvement in average scores since 2004 - up 14% for banks and up 8% for real ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... AU$10m through its founding shareholders, which also include the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, Community Sector Banking and private individuals and foundations as well as Triodos Bank. SEFA has loaned AU$450,000 to Three Sistas, a social enterprise ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... also appointed Paul Binsted to fill the final position on the CEFC board. Binsted has extensive experience in investment banking and corporate financial advice. Binsted has previously served as managing director and joint CEO of Lazard in Australia and ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... assurance is still voluntary, said Nadia Woodhouse, an associate at Net Balance and one of the report's producers. The banking and telecommunications sectors had the highest take-up of assurance, while the materials and real estate sectors posted the ...

Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... - CEFC board member Michael Carapiet had a 22-year career at Macquarie Bank, where he served as head of the investment banking division of Macquarie Capital and became the executive chair in 2010. Carapiet is currently the chair of SAS Trustee Corporation ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... literacy. "The financial services sector has played a very constructive role at working at that base level of developing basic banking products, and thinking about how they can help people," she said. "I would see this as an evolution across that early ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... an employee engagement survey, with a result of 80%, which the bank said puts in within the top quartile of the global banking industry. However, voluntary employee turnover increased slightly over 2011 at 12.9%, up from 12.65% in 2011. Lost time injury ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... weak," said Dean Paatsch, director of Ownership Matters. "That's the take-away. It's not rocket science at all. If we ran a banking system in the same way we run a system of distribution of votes, there'd be a national outcry." The study examines the ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... carefully and slowly to build up a sustainable loan book rather than get a lot of money out the door. The trick in any banking activity isn't the money going out the door, but the money coming back in the door when it's supposed to be." SEFA is one of ...

ANZ, GPT Group named 2012 DJSI supersector leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank and GPT Group have been named supersector leaders for banking and real estate in the 2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) review. DJSI has released its annual update to its sustainability indices, as announced by SAM, an investment ...