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Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... and manufacturing industries, including mining, most electrical power utilities and chemicals. Under that scenario, Australia would rank as one of the five countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, KPMG UK, L'Oreal, Marfrig Alimentos, MetLife, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, National Australia Bank, National Grid, Nestle, Nokia-Siemens Networks, PepsiCo, Philips Electronics N.V., Reckitt Benckiser, Rexam, S.C. ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... The Sustainability Yearbook 2013, which corresponds to just 2.5% of all companies assessed, RobecoSAM and KPMG said. Australia overall ranked in the top 10 countries for gold awards, coming in at number seven. Westpac, Woolworths and Stockland were awarded ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... and manufacturing industries, including mining, most electrical power utilities and chemicals. Under that scenario, Australia would rank as one of the five countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... and on-the-ground action, as well as developing collaborative and funded research with other research institutions in Australia and internationally. Hems comes to Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute from the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), where he ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... parallel not-for-profit organisation, the Net Balance Foundation. Net Balance is the fifth and largest organisation in Australia to be certified as a B Corp and has been named a founding Australian B Corporation. There are 675 B Corps across 24 countries ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Asian business, and said they were in progress to working towards achieving their three-year environmental targets in Australia and New Zealand. ANZ reported that it continued to emphasise values and behaviours in responsible practices as central to ...

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Equity fund manager Greencape Capital has appointed Jonathan Koh to the role of investor, responsible for stock analysis and selection. Jonathan Koh Greencape is a AU$3.97bn fund manager led by Matthew Ryland and David Pace, both ex-Merrill Lynch/BlackRock. ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... US$25m in 2013 as well. There are a number of managers providing funds into the impact investment sphere already in Australia, and the Australian government is further encouraging the sector's development through the Department of Education, Employment ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... appropriate benchmarks for measuring financial, social and environmental impacts of their investments, fund managers in Australia are also working on establishing their processes. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations' (DEEWR) ...