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Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... chair in 2010. Carapiet is currently the chair of SAS Trustee Corporation NSW and a non-executive director of Southern Cross Media Group Limited. From 2005-2011, he served as deputy chair and board member for the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... meeting (EGM) on Thursday, only 2.5% of shareholders backed the proposal - 13,708,074 votes to 529,131,129, according to media reports. The vote meant asking investors, including superannuation funds, to decide how to vote on a social issue that impacts ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... as issues. "Australians are no strangers to extreme weather events," said John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute, in a media statement. "With these events likely to get more frequent and more unpredictable, Australia should be better placed to adapt ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... this, up from 63% in 2011. "We look to Global 500 companies for examples of leadership," said Paul Simpson, CEO of CDP, in a media statement. "While it is encouraging that their awareness of the commercial risks and opportunities associated with water ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... and how they impact the performance of local companies," said Martha Grossman, director of research at RepuTex-ESG, in a media statement. "Our aim is for the RepuTex ESG-Connect platform to become Asia's authoritative gathering place for ESG content ...

Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... potential to revolutionise how owners and managers retrofit their buildings in the future," said LGS CEO Peter Lambert in a media statement. "These building upgrades significantly reduce energy consumption across our property portfolio, lowering running ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... disclosed - and integrated into core strategy and practices," said Victoria Whitaker, Head of GRI's Focal Point Australia in a media statement. "It's amazing that government departments and agencies are potentially producing six different reports, which ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... in the printing process and a SkyCool roof coating to insulate the Notting Hill factory against the sun, Nugent said in a media statement. "We like to think of ourselves as an industry leader in sustainability and we encourage our customers to consider ...

More women, more new entrants appointed to ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... majority independent on their own classification were Caltex, Harvey Norman, Leighton Holdings, Ramsay Healthcare, Seven West Media and Sonic Healthcare. In all but the case of Sonic, the company had a shareholder holding more than 20%, the survey found. ...

Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... AU$320,000, more than half of the aquatic centre's estimated energy costs, Wagga Wagga City Council's Mayor Rod Kendall said in a media statement. "The gas-fired generator will create electricity for the centre and the heat the engine produces will be ...