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Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Framework. The Framework focuses on four key themes for industry disclosure: Animal Welfare, Economic Resilience, Environmental Stewardship, and People & the Community. Wide consultation has occurred with public comment now being sought. ...

Trailblazers, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch Financial Inclusion Action Plans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund HESTA, have launched their Financial Inclusion Action Plans (FIAPs), outlining steps to improve financial resilience for those experiencing financial exclusion. Representatives of first 12 FIAP organisations and the FIAP advisory ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Professor Will Steffen, adjunct professor at the Australian National University, Canberra, and senior fellow at the Resilience Centre, Sweden; Sarah Barker, special counsel at Minter Ellison, and Sam Moystn, non-executive director and sustainability ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... consumers and stakeholders. The framework will be voluntary, Bondfield said. "Over the long term, it's all about the resilience of farmers, and the need for them to continue on in their business," she said. "There are a lot of complex issues involved ...

Australian cities disclose emissions data to CDP cities program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... the City of Kisumu in Kenya. 'Delaying action will be costly, which is why we are taking steps now to ensure we build resilience in Kisumu. CDP is the best initiative on climate change I have seen in a long time because it is focused on practical act ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... "Climate bonds have an important role to play by delivering capital into projects which reduce emissions and increase resilience to climate impacts." HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence commissioned State of the Market 2016, continuing their support ...

Financial Impact Action Plan program to target exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... (FIAP) program. FIAPs are intended to commit organisations to coordinated, measurable actions to "improve financial resilience for large numbers of people experiencing financial exclusion and hardship," with a particular focus on women experiencing financial ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... with this new dynamic and narrative?" Companies should be engaging in scenario planning to evaluate their businesses' resilience to the implications of achieving a less than 2 degree target, Woo said, but not enough are doing so at this time. "In the ...

CEFC, Palisade Investment Partners launch infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... construction risk with this asset class." Yates said that renewable energy infrastructure projects offer investors resilience because once projects are connected to a power grid, they are selling the generated energy and thus have an income stream. Yates ...

Community Sector Banking hires new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... started in the new role," Community Sector Banking said, adding he "will be working towards growing the business, its resilience and capability so that we can add value to the sector in the long term." Community Sector Banking is jointly owned by Community ...