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Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... clearly spells out what the drivers are for future growth - growth in population, growth in middle class," said Chi Woo, the Sydney-based director of climate change and sustainability at KPMG. "At the same time, it reflects on the constraints to growth ...

Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... (LGS) has been given an award by the Australian Property Institute (API) for the sustainability features of one of its Sydney properties. LGS office property, 120 Sussex St Sydney API gave LGS the Environmental Award for the Carnegie Morgan Hill House ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... funds, which we think are eminently investible. For example it could be a matter of timing or scale - we've been talking to Sydney council and to Townsville about their respective precinct-level tri-generation systems. With project finance, that is likely ...

Local Government Super recognised at Green Globe Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... important for many of our members." The fund was the joint winner of the energy award for refurbishing 76 Berry Street, North Sydney, a commercial building in the fund's property portfolio. The building was retrofitted and renovated to meet NABERS 6-star ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and will take place in October in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... See Also: Industry Welcomes CEFC Expert Review Clean Energy Council sees CEFC as catalyst to unlock capital CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

Equinix Sydney facility receives LEED certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Design (LEED) green building rating system gold certification for the first phase instruction of its facility in Mascot, Sydney. LEED is maintained by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and is a framework for green building design, construction ...

Australian Ethical appoints Russell for administration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... announced that board member Louise Herron is resigning from the board to take up the position of chief executive officer of the Sydney Opera House. Australian Ethical has appointed Steve Gibbs as director to fill the board vacancy. Gibbs is a director ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... agencies have said that they like to see investment teams working as a team. Our investment team is now centralised in Sydney." Australian Ethical's adopted a new portfolio administrative service to meet unit pricing standards for platform wrap providers ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... relationships between corporates and local Indigenous groups. Westpac works with Jawun in Cape York and in Redfern, a suburb of Sydney. "There's employment, there's customer inclusion and there's community engagement and you can't do one without the ...