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Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Although gender diversity is a governance issue for corporate boards globally, only 13% of executives from companies around the world expect a significant increase in the number of women in leadership roles in the next five years, according to a new ...

Verdia to assist companies on energy efficiency project design

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Energy services company Verdia has partnered with Westpac to assist companies seeking financing for investments in solar, energy efficient technologies and low emissions vehicles. Paul Peters, CEO, Verdia Westpac has received AU$200 million from the ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... strategy. When you look at the entirety of the goals, with their 169 measures, it is somewhat ambitious. But this 'for-purpose' type of thinking seems to be increasingly permeating the institutions we work with. Post the Paris Agreement, there's a genuine ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... decisions. When HESTA conducted an ESG strategic review, the board concluded that ESG integration was part of the fund's purpose, Emslie said during the ACSI panel. "We also looked more broadly at our job as a trustee director and concluded that it's ...

ARENA providing funding support for bio-energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... sorghum for biofuel production and will process biomass waste, Frischknecht said. "A 'lignin' by-product would fuel a purpose built 32 megawatt co-generation power plant, with excess lignin sold as biofuel pellets. This approach would mean nothing is ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... increase in awareness that organisations have an impact beyond profit," Woo said. "They are considering themselves as a purpose-led organisation. If you're not just for profit, or if you have a higher purpose, can't you articulate, what is that purpose ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... important year for us, and we took on the strategic goal as a company to refresh our thinking about what is our corporate purpose and mission and we engaged our staff in that process," said David Brand, New Forests CEO. "We came out with two core concepts ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... misunderstanding, jurisdiction by jurisdiction, including work by UNEP FI, the PRI, Governance Institute of Australia, the Purpose of the Corporation Project, Professor Robert Eccles among others."

Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... methodology for evaluating between different projects or comparing apples with apples rather than oranges or bananas. The purpose is to bring that language together into a common framework so that different projects with very different outcomes can be ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... lack of specificity and strict compliance, but it's a new form of agreement, it sets up processes and mechanisms with a purpose, and it's an agreement that aims to incentivise countries to perform rather than punish them."