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Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... adoption of nitrous oxide abatement technology at Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers," along with efforts across the rest of the business, Wesfarmers said. Wesfarmers also reported that this year, discount department store divisions Target ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
It was the Romans who said pecunia non olet, but from an ethical investment perspective, that no longer holds true. Ethical cash management has emerged as an issue in the push for institutional investors to divest from assets that are carbon emissions-intensive ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has informed superannuation fund trustees that materiality is part of the board's risk management declaration, widening the scope of risks that trustees must disclose to the prudential regulator. ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... some places," Lawrence said. "What you're seeing is the smarter companies are waking up to the fact that the voting doesn't rest with the fund manager - it rests with the super fund. The smarter investor relations teams are waking up to the fact that ...

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 ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... and government to understand the way in which we live and to actually also understand where Australia is positioned in the rest of the world," said Dai Le, founder and executive director, Diverse Australasian Women's Network. "Australia is geographically ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... the valuable knowledge gained during the construction, as well as the ongoing operation of the project, is shared with the rest of the industry," Frischknecht said. "Sharing information from the projects we fund is a core element of ARENA's philosophy. ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... tobacco stocks, and one Melbourne oncologist has made it her cause to persuade the superannuation industry to divest from the rest of what she estimates is a total of AU$8.5 billion in tobacco stocks overall. Dr Bronwyn King, radiation oncologist, Peter ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Financial System Inquiry interim report released this week addressed a myriad of topics that fall under inquiry's mission statement of laying out a blueprint for the next decade. Amid the four hundred-plus pages of the report is a three-page section ...

ARENA commits AU$18.5m to Energy Developments project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have committed AU$18.5 million to a hybrid renewable energy/diesel project at Coober Pedy in South Australia. Energy Developments Limited (ENE) is developing a project to combine wind, solar and diesel ...

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Podcast: From silos to synergy

THE GREENER WAY
First Sentier Investors' global head of responsible investment Kate Turner joins The Greener Way to discuss how accounting for the many inter-reactions and flow-on effects of addressing specific sustainability issues can lead to improved outcomes.

Plenti wins WA government mandate

KARREN VERGARA
ASX-listed Plenti Group has won a mandate from the Western Australian government to help the state accelerate the adoption of batteries.

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA
Despite the raging global trade war, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) is calling for carbon tariffs on some imports and for Australia to lead the way for a regional Asian carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).

Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

MATTHEW WAI
Although investors are withdrawing from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield.

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