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South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... entail reproducing the provisions within the City of Melbourne Act and putting them into the Local Government Act. "Investment of this kind in local communities is always going to lock activity into those communities and also gives them better performance ...

COzero names new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... year, Japan's Nippon Gas bought a 16% stake in COzero, the energy management solutions provider has announced. The investment gave Nippon Gas access to COzero's energy solutions, including EnergyLink, a newly developed energy management technology platform ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... and reducing environmental and social risks in the supply chain and defining the social value metrics of community investment programs, according to expert practitioners. Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility ...

Addis, Blackburn-Wright open impact investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... stakeholders in the impact investing sector - the financial intermediaries, the investors, and the social enterprises seeking investment. "There is a need for someone that could build the infrastructure in the spaces in-between, to fill the gaps," Blackburn-Wright ...

CDP: progress stalling on supply chain emissions reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... water related risks. When governments introduce a more realistic global price on carbon we expect significantly more investment in emissions reductions from corporates."

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... occurring. I'm interested to know, we've had the community benefit bonds launched in NSW, and we've seen social impact investment and social impact measurement, I liken it to the start of the start of the sustainability wave, re-emerging now around this ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Corporations in the World". The Global 100 is an annual list published by Corporate Knights, an independent media and investment research company based in Toronto. The announcement was made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "I am delighted ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... drinking water and youth unemployment, among other issues. Good Super hopes to invest in venture capital as part of its investment philosophy, D'Souza said. "We are looking for deep solutions to the grand challenges and part of the solution to environmental ...

CDP: investment in carbon reduction yields positive return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that allocate capital to carbon emissions reductions generate positive return on investment (ROI) of 33.6%, creating US$15.1 billion in value, according to CDP's third annual Carbon Action report. CDP's Carbon Action initiative is backed by ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Thirteen global investment banks have endorsed the Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bonds. Marilyn Ceci, managing director, JPMorgan Chase corporate investment bank Bank of America Merrill ...