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Foresters Community Finance starts social entrepreneur fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Drew, CEO Foresters Community Finance. "We are seeing more and more social enterprises emerge which is great news for Australia's social sector but unfortunately many of these new enterprises are challenged to find the capital and support their need ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Eureka Funds Management and National Australia Bank (NAB) have financed a AU$7 million environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) that will retrofit a Melbourne office tower to reduce carbon emissions by more than 600 tonnes a year. Signing of the AU$7 million ...

ASX to include ESG disclosures in governance principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has proposed amending its Governance Principles and Recommendations to ask listed companies to disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. The ASX Group's ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... management activities such as placements, dividends and buy-backs may reflect institutional investor satisfaction with Australia's capital raising system, which advantages institution-friendly capital raisings such as placements or accelerated rights ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... portfolios. AMP Capital reported submitting votes on over 338 resolutions at 72 company meetings in the first half of 2013 in Australia. Of these resolutions, 83% were supported. AMP Capital either voted against, or specifically abstained from voting ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Emissions (BZE), a not-for-profit research and education organisation. BZE recently published a report, Zero Carbon Australia Buildings Plan, outlining how existing residential and non-residential building stock can be refitted to reduce energy use. ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... legislation that would bring back the transition to a flexible market-based emissions trading scheme (ETS) to 1 July 2014. Australia is set to link up with Europe's ETS when it enters the flexible pricing period, and that link will largely determine ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... May, and Businesses for a Clean Economy had previously released results in which 88% of survey respondents said that Australia needs to reduce emissions to address climate change. Businesses for a Clean Economy commissioned AECOM to conduct the research. ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... management activities such as placements, dividends and buy-backs may reflect institutional investor satisfaction with Australia's capital raising system, which advantages institution-friendly capital raisings such as placements or accelerated rights ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... and pose environmental risks because of kerosene's carbon emissions. The enterprise calls on volunteers thus far from Australia that join the fellowship program to go to India and help set up micro-businesses in the communities where they will sell. ...