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New industry body to promote women in financial services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... claimed that quotas are not necessary to increasing the diversity of senior management. Judith Beck Financial Executive Women (FEW) has recently launched with the mission of providing a supportive network to give women impartial, confidential advice ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Australian investors are examining impact investments opportunities both domestically and overseas and are part of a growing pool of investors globally that are allocating funds to impact investments. As investors seek out investments that provide both ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... business believes, that's what will guide their actions. So with businesses under the pump, and income growth harder to come by, few will want any additional sustainability/ESG burdens, either in ESG governance and disclosure, or in the very many environmental ...

Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... around sustainability issues. "I did a whole lot of research with C-level executives on the Department of Climate Change a few years back, and the feedback was the same," he said. "Why do I do five different reports to five different bodies with the ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Programs that assist Aboriginal women and girls can have a multiplier effect through the wider community because women act as catalysts for social change according to a report examining approaches for philanthropic investment. The AMP Foundation report ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... more likely to report on risks to business than on business opportunities, calling that dichotomy "legitimate", given that few companies would be likely to disclose commercial opportunities. "It's important that companies are identifying [opportunities] ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... they leapfrog various steps that we've already been through," said Paterson of CAER. "It wouldn't surprise me if, in the next few years, we see energy needs developing in that way. For example, look at the current model of centralised power stations ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... are." The AODP said that it wrote to the world's largest 1,000 funds in July, seeking disclosures of climate risk strategies. Few funds have responded as of the publication of their report. Pension funds around the world must reprice high carbon assets ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... focused on operating our businesses for the long term without the distraction of relatively short-term forecasts. We set very few public targets, preferring to be judged on our performance, although each business has relevant internal targets that reflect ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... labour standards only applied to companies that produce clothing, accessories, footwear, toys and food products. Over the last few years attention has expanded to other consumer products including consumer and office electronics, televisions, computers ...