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CEFC invests $30m in Woolworths Group green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... delivering, including the introduction of the Energy Management Centre to monitor and manage energy consumption; energy efficient LED lighting and hybrid or HFC-free refrigeration systems in stores; reduction of plastic on fruit and vegetables; The Woolworths ...

Australian government awards $1.23m to Impact Investment Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... women and underserved communities to the forefront of financial markets," Shahnaz said. "I witnessed first-hand how women-led and women-focused businesses face challenges to growth at every turn and realized that to change this we need to move beyond ...

Woolworths Group to become first Australian retailer to issue Green Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... delivering, including the introduction of the Energy Management Centre to monitor and manage energy consumption; energy efficient LED lighting and hybrid or HFC-free refrigeration systems in stores; reduction of plastic on fruit and vegetables; The Woolworths ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... cross-party political support. During Yates' time at the CEFC, it operated on a political knife edge. When the Coalition government led by then-Prime Minister Tony Abbot was elected in 2013, the CEFC Act was targeted for repeal as part of the unwinding ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... sustainable development." The EU is further down the road on sustainable development, while in Australia, innovation is being led by finance and business, Petersen said. "There's' definitely intent, and it means that there is no ambivalence or reticence ...

SASB Foundation appoints Marc Siegel to SASB Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... contributions." Siegel has experience as an auditor, consultant, forensic accountant, analyst and a standard setter. He previously led the Accounting Research and Analysis team at the RiskMetrics Group, and prior to that, he was the director of research ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... chemicals are, but also respond when there is a problem." Previously, Stewart Investors commissioned research from ISF that led to the development of a packaging sustainability performance framework. Stewart Investors commissioned ISF to examine packaging ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... ethical question, and if you look at a lot of the discourse that is happening smart technologies, etc., it's very technologist led, and we haven't yet got a discourse that reaches across to stakeholders to investors and most importantly, to the community," ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... the most impact. We do an outright scoring and we also look at whether the trend is supportive or not." Insight's framework led the firm to initial conclusions: Countries with higher GDP per capita typically have better ESG scores. This is generally ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Board of Directors." Hewson said he was "delighted" to join the board. "With the strong partnership that SBA has with the CEO-led organisation, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development led by President and CEO Peter Bakker, SBA members ...