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ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... This could include matched workplace giving from ANZ employees, and investigating securing funding from individual Australians and philanthropic foundations. Such investigation would necessitate examination of governance and legal structures, as well ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... report notes that "less than 18% of asset owners have set clear expectations of their managers on climate change." Australians are most likely to use quantitative assessment of climate change risks in their portfolios - 82% of asset managers do so, as ...

Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... representatives from companies such as GPT, AGL, Corporate Express, Qantas, BHP, Westpac and IAG, Geraghty said. In addition, 12 Australians are also participating in the GRI working groups that have contributed to the development and redevelopment of ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... All four of the largest banks in Australia have set formal targets and policies to increase employment of Indigenous Australians, engage with Indigenous communities, and increase Indigenous access to financial products and services. Representatives from ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... the impact to the same degree. For more energy intensive businesses, rather than creating fear about price hikes, Australians need to hear that they can manage price increases and stay competitive with cost saving efficiencies." Among other clients ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... commercial sense, but because we believe we have an obligation as a mainstream lender to all provide access to all Australians," Proske said. "Because we're offering similar products in a welfare sense, we're interested to see what happens when you take ...

GRESB joins forces with GRI to push sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) will partner with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a move designed to advance the standardisation of reporting on environmental, social and economic performance in the global real estate ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the northern Europeans will be focused a bit more on the E and S issues, the Americans are focused on the G, and the Australians are focused on the G and the E and on climate change, thanks to all the work that the [Investment Group on Climate Change] ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Concerns over executive remuneration and incentive plans led institutional investors AMP Capital and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VMFC) to cast proxy votes against resolutions during 2011. Governance managers at both institutions also ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
More than half of the 12 institutional investors that participated in a 2011 Mercer climate change survey have decided to include climate change considerations in future risk management and/or strategic asset allocation processes. Through the Looking ...