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Low Carbon Australia relaunches Carbon Offset Guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... website, which provides information on carbon offset providers in Australia. Low Carbon Australia, EPA Victoria, and the University of Queensland have developed the guide as a comprehensive, independent directory of carbon offset providers aimed at businesses ...

Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... executives who don't currently report on sustainability, according to Aaron Magner, director of sustainability at the University of New South Wales. "Once the carbon tax is resolved it will become a financial issue for future costings for goods and services ...

Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... and meeting with stakeholders, according to Professor Carol Adams, pro vice-chancellor (Sustainability) at La Trobe University and fellow of global accountancy body Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA ). Adams recently bylined a piece ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... of the issues we talk about in the book is the fact that 56% of all higher education students and 55 per cent of all university graduates in Australia are women, and yet women comprise only 4% of line managers, 8% of senior executives and 12.8% of directors ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia is an independent non-profit organisation formed through a partnership between The Myer Foundation and Monash University and has international links with the US-based ClimateWorks Foundation. ClimateWorks Australia's mission is to facilitate ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability of the global property sector. "It is an investor led initiative," said Nils Kok, a professor at Maastricht University and co-coordinator of GRESB. "The ultimate goal is to increase transparency in energy efficiency and sustainability ...

Citibank Australia appoints Samantha Mostyn non-executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... president of the Australian Museum Trust. Mostyn has a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University. "It is with pleasure that we announce the appointment of Sam to the board" said Richard Warburton, Chairman of Citigroup ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Skarbek, executive director, ClimateWorks. ClimateWorks Australia is a partnership between the Myer Foundation and Monash University with a mission to substantially reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years.

Finsia drafts principles to disclose, address gender divide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia's financial services industry. The report notes that between 1989 and 1999, the number of banking and finance university enrolments held by women grew from around 32% to 42% and that in 2009, women were 50.14% of all management and commerce ...

PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... agency, and the Advisory Group to the Chair in Socially Responsible Investment at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, and the University of Toulouse "Rob's experience will be extremely valuable in taking the initiative forward. His understanding of responsible ...