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CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... industry by researching, writing, and participating in a variety of forums and projects, we will also be working with the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and their new Investment Leadership Group." CFSGAM noted that their ...

Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... depletion of some of the capitals can have on long term business success," said Carol Adams, a professor at Monash University and also a member of the project team. "All that must change for organisations that want to be around in the long term." The ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... "We're bringing more people into the bank and using a lot of different mechanisms. We added internships this year, for university graduates. But the main employment story is converting to real jobs. We don't want kids doing traineeships and internships ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... strategic long-term risk despite the lack of political consensus. Andrew Hoffman, professsor of sustainable enterprise, University of Michigan Impacted by extreme weather events and guided by changing consumer demand and pressures on capital, companies ...

University of Sydney opens Centre for Carbon, Water and Food

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The University of Sydney is launching the Centre for Carbon, Water and Food, a multidisciplinary research centre that will investigate food security and environmental challenges through an integrated approach. The Centre for Carbon, Water and Food has ...

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Balance Foundation, in association with CAER - Corporate Analysis, Enhanced Responsibility - and a professor from the University of Sydney Business School - reviewed five years of sustainability performance data on 287 ASX listed companies. "A CSV score ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... that the questions and the communication has evolved as well, said Professor David Allen, dean, School of Business, University of Surrey, UK, in a forward to the report. "In 2008, we still had to explain why CSR mattered, the upside and the risks. The ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Monash University has been selected one of two universities in the world to lead a United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) hub. As part of the role, Monash will "mobilise research centres, industry and community organisations ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
An international team of biologists, including an associate professor at Monash University, have proposed a global biodiversity monitoring system based on a set of essential biodiversity variables to improve the data feeding biodiversity policy and ...

ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... problem we don't' talk about responsible leaders." David Allen, dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Surrey, will address the topic of responsible leadership in the opening speech of the conference, which will be held ...