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Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Walsh as executive director and chief executive officer. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania and manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other not-for-profit ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... their investee companies. This dilemma is very relevant for established pioneers in sustainable investing - in Europe, Australia and North America - because they are now targeting greater allocation to Asia's public and private markets."

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Diversified property group Charter Hall has reported establishing a corporate responsibility and sustainability (CR&S) working group and increased embedding of environmental, social and governance issues in their businesses objectives in its first sustainability ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). GNDI is an international partnership of nine corporate director organisations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Colvin was unanimously ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
If you eat or drink in Australia, you're likely to have been a Woolworths customer once or twice this year. If not, you may have bought something in a big box from BigW or Masters, as Woolworths pushes to match its doppelganger Wesfarmers in every sector. ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Authority (CCA) has recommended that the government retain its renewable energy target (RET), which aims to source 20% of Australia's energy from renewable sources by 2020, a decision that has been welcomed as providing stability to the industry. The ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia (LCAL) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have agreed to merge from 2013. Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO The in-principle merger agreement will see LCAL's energy efficiency programs, staff, system, platforms roll into ...

NAB Asset Servicing developing ESG overlay tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank's custody and administration division is in the process of developing a responsible investment overlay tool that will provide superannuation fund trustees with a monthly report on the environmental, social and governance exposures ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... under which larger and longer-term shareholders can participate in the board nomination process. She also noted that in Australia, taxation law encourages longer-term shareholdings by halving the capital gains taxation rate if shares are purchased and ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... increase the range of their sustainability supply chain consulting services across private and government organisations in Australia. The merger was recently finalised and follows on from a history of successful partnerships, the firms said. "We are ...