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Australian Ethical names new portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Fund manager Australian Ethical has appointed Mason Willoughby-Thomas portfolio manager of the AU$277 million Australian Ethical Larger Companies Trust. Willoughby-Thomas has worked at the ethical fund manager for more than two years. He will replace ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... director of international strategy and head of EuropeLab and the Young Foundation Addarii, who is based in London, was in Australia this week and spoke at a seminar in Melbourne hosted by the Centre for Social Impact and NAB. Addarii spoke of innovations ...

Australian Forestry Standard releases supply chain standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... which deals with forestry management and AS4707, which deals with the chain of custody. Twenty five forest managers in Australia are certified to the forestry management standard, while more than 250 producers have chain of custody certificates, said ...

Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
A total of 43 ASX200 companies assured their sustainability data in 2013, according to research from Net Balance that also finds an emerging trend of companies assuring human rights disclosures in addition to environmental data. This is Net Balance's ...

ARENA announces $100 million support for Moree Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... The project is valued at AU$164 million, ARENA said. "Moree Solar Farm will be the first large-scale solar plant in Australia to use a single-axis horizontal tracking system, where panels follow the sun across the sky to capture sunlight and maximise ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... investible company, said Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, and provides investment management for charities, faith-based organisation and their ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... undertake emission avoidance and sequestration offset projects and increase carbon abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. Even though the government has repealed the carbon pricing mechanism, they have retained the ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Williams, MP, NSW parliamentary secretary for renewable energy (Photo provided by AGL) The Nyngan Solar Plant will be Australia's largest utility-scale solar plant, with approximately 1.35 million advanced thin-film solar PV modules. The installation ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Philippines to increase their tax on tobacco, or the risk that developing countries will adopt legislation similar to Australia and other companies, curtailing advertising or moving towards plain packaging. Further risks include litigation risk, or social ...

RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... investors acknowledging that they have to account for ESG and that idea has become embedded across the mainstream in Australia and New Zealand. We now have to demonstrate that there is public demand for that. Where we see that play out is in the increase ...