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Sustainalytics hires Gary Hewitt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics has hired Gary Hewitt to lead the development of expanded corporate governance research and data products. Hewitt is former head of governance research at GMI Ratings. He previously led a research team at Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson) ...

EY buys Net Balance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
EY has bought Net Balance in a move that will see Net Balance staff integrated into EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services team. "This move to acquire Net Balance is about boosting EY's existing services to ensure we have the capability to ...

SVA: Newpin social benefit bond returns 7.5% in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The AU$7 million social benefit bond (SBB) funding the Newpin program run by UnitingCare Burnside will deliver a return of 7.5% to investors this year after its first 12 months. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
If Australia is to make a long-term transition to lower carbon energy sources, it will require ongoing policy support from state and federal government as well as long-term investment from the private sector, while recognising that the impacts of renewable ...

ASIC accepts Community 21's prospectus for share raising

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has accepted a prospectus from Community 21, which is seeking to raise up to AU$4 million in a share offering open to non-profits. Peter Quarmby, Community 21 executive director Community 21 ...

JBWere: private ancillary funds increase in size, distributions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
There are more than a thousand Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs) in Australia with approximately AU$4 billion in assets, with new donations rising to AU$354 million, according to the annual JBWere Giving Trends Report. Distributions from PAFs to charitable ...

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) is considering whether assurance on integrated reporting is necessary. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO The IIRC has published two papers discuss the issue, Assurance on : an introduction to the discussion ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
People of Asian backgrounds are under-represented in leadership positions at Australian companies, with only 1.9% of ASX200 executives having Asian cultural origins, compared to 9.6% of the Australian population, according to research from Diversity ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Christian Super is engaging with Transfield Services over its contract to provide services at the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection offshore processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island. Although the fund is not divesting from ...

ARENA funds expansion of Doomadgee Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is funding AU$4.6 million towards an $11.9 million project to expand Doomadgee Solar Farm in north-western Queensland. Ergon Energy is undertaking a 1MW expansion of the Doomadgee Solar Farm, which will ...