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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 ...

CEFC receives new investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... project costs of more than $25 billion (at 30 June 2015). Our investment portfolio is diversified across technologies, industries and state geographies. It includes mature and established technologies, as well as emerging and innovative technologies ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has provided AU$3 million to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) to undertake a comprehensive biomass for bioenergy assessment. RIRDC will conduct the AU$6.2 million project ...

CDP publishes Aust/NZ climate leaders report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... information request in 2015 included Westfield Group, Transurban, Sydney Airport, Lend Lease, Coca Cola Amatil, James Hardie Industries, AusNet Services, Bank of Queensland, Harvey Norman, BlueScope Steel, Qube, Adelaide Brighton, Fairfax, GrainCorp ...

Data security a governance concern: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... governance point of view to raise it." The report evaluates how data and cyber security issues can impact on a range of industries, pointing to negative impacts such as hacks of Target's online payment system to access customers' financial information. ...

Climate Friendly certified a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... including business consideration of stakeholder interests. There are more than 1,300 Certified B Corporations from over 120 industries and nearly 40 countries, B Corp said. See Also: Climate Friendly, Corporate Carbon Advisory in CFI project Australian ...