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AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... the mining and energy sectors. He has a Masters in Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management from Monash University and a Bachelor of Arts from University of Western Australia.

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining names director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), which is part of the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at the University of Queensland. Ali will join the University of Queensland as CSRM's new leader in late 2012. He comes to CSRM from the University ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... respond with long-term strategies seeking opportunities with new business models, according to Sanjay Sharma, dean of the University of Vermont School of Business. Sanjay Sharma, dean, University of Vermont School of Business. Rather than focusing solely ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... funded under the Biochar Capacity Building Program, a part of the Government's Carbon Farming Initiative. James Cook University was granted AU143,079 for a project to quantify the stable content of biochar from common feedstock types, leading to an offset ...

La Trobe University wins sustainability reporting award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
La Trobe University won best first time report in the CR Reporting Awards (CRRA) for its 2010 sustainability report. Sydney-based consultancy Banarra was first runner up in the Best SME report category, while Amcor was also a runner up for the Best ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the focus,, said Roger Simnett, professor of accounting and associate dean (research), Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, and a member of the IIRC working group. "We didn't take a stakeholder focus," Simnett said. "There are ...

Government grants $1.9m for geothermal exploration study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... however, is a manual, expensive exercise, NICTA said. NICTA will work with the School of Information Technologies at the University of Sydney to develop machine learning algorithms, and the Schools of Earth Science at the Australian National University ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... said Professor Dirk Matten, Hewlett-Packard chair in corporate social responsibility, Shulich School of Business, York University. "More interesting for the majority of delegates today are the cases companies who use addressing social needs to generate ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... conference include Dirk Matten, Hewlett-Packard chair in Corporate Social Responsibility, Schulich School of Business, York University, and Simon McKeon, 2011 Australian of the Year, Chairman of CSIRO and Business for Millennium Development. Black noted ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... the CDM space. To my understanding, there's no commercial incentive to go out and write methodology unless you're a university or an NGO." Sydney-headquartered COzero is both a buyer of offsets and an originator of offsets through projects in Australia ...