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Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Actuaries. The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, in conjunction with the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University, examined research projections on resource constraints and determined that resource constraints in the best case scenario ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... in collaborating on research and thought leadership, including, but not limited to institutions such as CSI, Sydney University, Harvard University, CAER, SIRIS, World Vision International and WWF, and we see tremendous opportunities to increase such ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... markets and climate change practice. He is also an adjunct professor of climate change law at the Australian National University. Swan also appointed Paul Binsted to fill the final position on the CEFC board. Binsted has extensive experience in investment ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... with Paul Gilding, a fellow faculty member of the Prince of Wales's Business and Sustainability Programme at Cambridge University, and a similarly provocative and insightful thinker. The Prince was on the island at the same time, but tragically a tour-de-sustainable-force ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... that is tailored to the minerals industry. Developed in conjunction with the Sustainable Minerals Institute of the University of Queensland, the MCA Water Accounting Framework is intended to aid the industry in reporting use of water resources in a consistent ...

DEXUS building awarded international prize for innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Commercial Architecture', a student scholarship program that promotes sustainable commercial high-rise design at the University of New South Wales. 1 Bligh Street has a 6 Star Green Star Office Design v2 Certified rating and is designed to achieve a ...

Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund funds Brisbane Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... matched international investment in an Australian innovation that draws on world leading technology developed at the University of Queensland," said Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson in a media statement. "These funds will provide the ...

Carol Adams named director of secretariat for AA1000 series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... advisory services firm AccountAbility. Carol Adams Adams, pro vice-chancellor (Sustainability) and professor at La Trobe University, has previously served at non-executive director, council member and member of the writing team for the original AA1000 ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... moment of transformational change across all three ESG areas. The Towers Watson paper integrates research from Oxford University that suggests the world is at a moment of transformation change based on substantial changes such as aging demography, degradation ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... being built under the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme." Van der Lugt is a senior associate of Stellenbosch University Business School (Cape Town) and Utopies Consulting (Paris). He has worked with the United Nations and business in corporate ...