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La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability report, and has set targets for 2015 and 2020 including integrating sustainability issues throughout education, reducing environmental impacts on campus locations and through the supply chain, and providing equal opportunities in senior ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... was intertwined with other issues. KPMG cites OECD statistics that show that Australia's researchers work in higher education, rather than in business, and that university-industry collaboration is important, as is access to venture capital. The KPMG ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
American college and university endowments have a weak understanding of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing strategies, trends and opportunities, according to a report by the Tellus Institute. US college and university endowments manage ...

Foresters launches Social Investment Australia lending fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Solutions fund, which is aimed at social enterprises. Foresters is one of two fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Pacific. "The supranationals are pushing them, but governments need to push them as well. There also needs to be a lot more education among institutional investors and pushing on the issuance side." The lack of issuance and liquidity are two issues ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Foresters Community Finance's Social Enterprise Solutions brand are the two fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). ...

AGL Energy, First Solar granted $130m for solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... decision by the new Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The federal government will also provide AU$40.7m under the Education Investment Fund to the University of Queensland and University of New South Wales to conduct related research. The NSW ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... pollution, energy security, water security, waste management, to name a few issues. On the social side, there are things like education levels, the GINI coefficient, the demographic makeup of the country, labour market freedoms, and on the governance ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... to ask questions and observe the impact of poor policy and poor engagement," Blackburn-Wright said. "That's been an education for us as a bank. We started working in Redfern about two and a half years ago through Jawun. People can get involved without ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... competition for workers from national oil companies. From the skilled local staff perspective, local factors such as poorer education systems can hamper the recruitment process. As such, companies such as Total Gabon, which "recently announced a partnership ...