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Australia to implement EITI standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Australia will join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), nearly four years after first studying the initiative for applicability. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is an international set of standards for transparency ...

Companies exposed to water scarcity risks: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... encourage efficient water use. Sustanalytics analysed companies in the food products, semiconductors and utilities industries and found that 40% of the companies have poor water management programs, despite having exposures such as competing in water-intensive ...

Experts weigh implications of Labor's ETS proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... EITES will have access to cheaper international carbon offset units and will also establish an AU$300 million Strategic Industries Reserve Fund over three years from 1 July 2017 to 2020. The fund will support EITEs as they modernise and diversify to ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... funding has represented a significant portion of the Certegy business for several years and is one of our strongest industries. In offering the Class A2-G note, FlexiGroup has given new and existing investors the opportunity to directly support environmentally ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... said. "What we've seen from some of our clients is that they want to screen out some of those poorer-performing ESG industries or companies," Leonard said. "We have bans on gambling, tobacco, and the like for some clients, and they'll also look at limiting ...

CHRB launches human rights methodology, pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Corporate Human Rights Benchmark will focus on the largest companies in the agricultural products, apparel and extractives industries, and the results will be published in November 2016. CHRB has been two years in the development, and received consultation ...

Q&A: Madeleine Senior, Bert Rebelo, Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... billion in assets and is the custodian for asset owners including the Future Fund, CSC, QIC, IAG, ACT Treasury and Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS). In 2015, Northern Trust established an asset management sales and client servicing team ...

Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... according to ANZ. Michael Whitehead, ANZ Bank's sector head of food, beverages and agribusiness global diversified industries The agriculture sector is currently undergoing change at a pace not seen since the 1960s, said Michael Whitehead, ANZ sector ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... industry is complex. But the flip side of that is that you're seeing one of the most profitable and technologically savvy industries in the world, so if any could do it, it would be electronics industry."

ARENA selects 22 projects for $100m funding round

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... significant solar advantages, Australia has some work to do to catch up to countries with more mature large-scale solar industries - our grid-connected large-scale solar capacity will shortly reach 240 MW and is generated by a only a handful of solar ...