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Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... just the number of institution but the type of institution. It's important in terms of delivering financial services in Australia. In addition to bankmecu, other members of the GABV include: Affinity Credit Union, Alternative Bank Schweiz, Assiniboine ...

AustralianSuper equities less carbon-intense than benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... investments at AustralianSuper. Trucost assessed the equities portfolio in comparison to the ASX 300 and the MSCI All World ex-Australia. "We have been considering carbon issues for some time and did not expect the latest analysis to highlight significant ...

RepuTex: DAP could achieve more reductions than CPM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... the DAP does lead to more domestic emissions abatement than the CPM, the DAP would still fall 188 Mt CO2-e short of Australia's 5% emissions reduction target, which RepuTex calls "a significant gap." "The critical thing is that it's not enough abatement ...

IGCC joins world peers in voicing fugitive methane concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... of using natural gas. "Because of the expected growth in the sector, we are monitoring the practices of companies [in Australia]," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC chief executive. "This particular statement comes out of our ongoing relationship with the US ...

CDSB expands natural capital in new reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
( Ed. note: This article is updated throughout with comment from Lois Cuthrie, CDSB executive director) The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has expanded its reporting framework to include more information on natural capital calculations - ...

SVA appoints Rob Koczkar as incoming CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has announced Rob Koczkar will succeed Michael Traill as chief executive from October. Rob Koczkar, incoming chief executive, Social Ventures Australia Koczkar is currently a member of the SVA board and managing director ...

Video: Taking ESG integration to the investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
Taking ESG integration to the investment committee from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The Sustainability Report moderated this live panel debate examining how and to what extent superannuation funds are integrating environmental, social and governance ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Additionally, the funds that are innovating in this space are also small. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, a co-founder of IMPACT Australia, notes that in the United States and United Kingdom, there is more government partnering with institutional investors to ...

UCA Funds Management on asset allocation for NFP portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Funds Management. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, which manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other not-for-profit ...

CleanTek Market platform to connect companies, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... globally. "What we're finding at the moment is that there are a lot of innovative ideas coming into the marketplace in Australia, and people are having to look elsewhere to find that money," he said. "People are across to the US to get that finance - ...