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Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Waste Protocol was convened at the 3GF 2013 Summit by the World Resources Institute, and protocol partners include the Consumer Goods Forum, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), EU-funded FUSIONS project, United Nations Environment ...

Conduct risk a concern for financial services sector: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... how do you asses it on a proactive basis?" Carlsson-Sweeny said he derives data from a variety of sources, including consumer complaint websites, reports to financial ombudsmen, independent staff reviews and reporting by companies themselves on conduct ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... offer finance to retail and business customers. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Certegy, has financed approximately 120,000 consumer solar installations, which CEFC noted equates to around 8% percent of the Australian installed base. "We are very excited ...

Laing O'Rourke pilots moveable solar-diesel power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Laing O'Rourke has successfully piloted a moveable solar-diesel power plant and will commercialise it through the newly created SunSHIFT Pty Ltd. First deployment of Laing O'Rourke's moveable solar-diesel power plant (photo courtesy of Laing O'Rourke ...

Moree Solar Farm signs PPA with Origin Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... the electricity generated and 100% of the Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) created from Moree Solar Farm, "meeting consumer demand for renewable energy and helping meet Origin's obligations under the Federal Government's Renewable Energy Target," ...

Controlled companies underperformed non-controlled firms: IRRCi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... decreased by 8% in that time. The study also found that nearly 70% of all controlled companies are in three sectors - 40% in consumer discretionary, 16.2% in industrials and 12.4% in consumer staples. The study also found that controlled companies underperform ...

RIAA certifies three super funds as responsible investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... want to see that documented, ordered and verified, and we want to make that incredibly transparent. There is growing consumer demand for responsible and ethical investment products. We don't want to proscribe what those products should be. What we want ...

Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... impacted. A sugar tax has a direct impact on the product's price, but there's also a second, more subtle and softer issue - consumer awareness. A tax on sugar gives information as well and makes the consumer ask, why is there a tax on this and raises ...

Australian Ethical FUM AU$1.4bn for second half of 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... three main things. One is continuing proof that there is a real interest amongst what we'd call the rise of the conscious consumer - people who are looking for a way of aligning their values with their consuming habits and their investing habits. Demand ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Forced labour, child labour and exploitation are "significant problems" in the supply chain of the electronics industry, according to the 2016 Electronics Industry Trends report published by Baptist World Aid and Not For Sale. In their second report ...