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NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... is a new process for many GetUp! members, Oosting said. "It's a complicated space and a new space for many people in Australia to be thinking about," he said. "It's one of those things that will develop over time and our members are joining in and understanding ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation gets investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Corporation (CEFC) has received its investment mandate from the government, setting the framework for how the CEFC will invest its AU$10 billion in financing clean energy projects. The government set parameters for rate of return, limits ...

Publish What You Pay reexamining extractive companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia and CAER are surveying ASX200 listed extractives companies on their reporting standards regarding payments made to governments in the countries where they operate, and are seeking views of investors and analysts ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... report issues back to NCCARF. The report found that while many transnational and international companies that operate in Australia have recognised that climate change adaption is a strategic challenge, most other are struggling. Further, the report said ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and JBWere released a report entitled IMPACT - Australia: Investment for social and economic benefit, which examines how Australia can use financial capital to effectuate economic ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
The social and economic return of the StepUP micro-loan program run by National Australia Bank and Good Shepherd Microfinance is equal to $2.68 for every dollar invested, according to a report by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI). Good Shepherd Microfinance ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... impact and social impact. This year, over 100 companies participated. Net Balance Foundation manages the CR Index in Australia and New Zealand on behalf of Business in the Community. In announcing the local launch of the CR Index next week, Net Balance ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... First State Global Asset Management and Victorian Funds Management Corporation. Three Australian companies - National Australia Bank, Stockland and bankmecu - have been among the 85 companies globally that have participated in the Business Network during ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
There have not been any recent, fundamental changes to the identified environmental and social risks of coal seam gas (CSG) production, but there are growing concerns over the risk of fugitive gas emissions and the impact on water supply and if regulatory ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than 14% of the ASX200 market capitalisation is based on fossil fuels, and the value of fossil fuel assets is at risk in a carbon constrained world, but the risk is not evenly distributed across all resources or across a long term time ...