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Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... raft of graduates, where you've got 52% female to 48% male, because that's the output from university these days, in five or six years down the track, that's probably now 60 males to 40% females and then you take a five years down, the numbers have dwindled ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... investors and companies and cities we work with," said James Day, director - Australia and New Zealand at CDP. "We've identified six SDGs as being aligned with our work and being something we can make contributions towards." Day cited goal six, seven ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... pieces of research conducted during 2015. ESG RA reported that environmental and social research dominated the monitions with six nominations each. Social issues included cyber security, employee safety, and payday lending, whilst climate change issues ...

PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... consultation around the Blueprint is around the question of how investors measure their outcomes and their impacts against the PRI's six principles. Currently, all signatories must report annually on how they implement the PRI's commitments, but the ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... encouraging to see that Australia has not only increased its AAA showing in The Global Climate 500 Index this year, but now has six super funds rated A or higher," said John Connor, chief executive of The Climate Institute. "This year's index sees a ...

GRI releases drafts for first six GRI Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... drafts of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards) for public comment. GRI has released an initial set of six GRI Standards and have opened up a 90-day comment period for feedback to the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) ...

ARENA makes six new appointments to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Six new directors have been appointed to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) board. Environment Minister Mr Greg Hunt announced that Martijn Wilder AM, Susan Jeanes, Meg McDonald, Dr Katherine Woodthorpe, Maria Atkinson AM and Jonathan Jutsen ...

Laing O'Rourke pilots moveable solar-diesel power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... relief. It also allows solar panels to be re-used several times for greater value. The system performed as expected during the six month trial period and pack-up was impressively carried out by four people in just four days." ARENA made the initial allocation ...

Australian Ethical Investment AUM up 13% in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... domestic portfolio, which we have now divested, and we'll be transitioning out of it in our international portfolio in the next six to nine months or so." There are only "a handful of stocks" in natural gas in the international portfolio, Vernon said. ...

Six Australian companies get gold in RobecoSAM yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Six listed Australian companies were assessed as Gold Class medals in this year's RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook. The RobecoSAM Sustainabiltiy Yearbook 2016 assesses companies' sustainability performance in 2015 and includes the best 15% per industry ...