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CEFC, Ironstone Capital create Warada Capital, specialist joint venture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... the CEFC, June 2019. As first confirmed to Industry Moves, Jenkins will be responsible for working with the investment community on accelerating capital flows to help transition Australia to a low carbon economy. Jenkins comes to the CEFC after 13 years ...

Low Carbon Readiness Index measures motivation to reduce carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... that in testing individuals in communities for their readiness, stakeholders in various roles including government and community can refine and positively impact on collective community action. "There is a relationship between this personal striving ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... they might face, and this was about a company understanding as a whole the adverse impacts on people, whether they be community members, workers, etc." Pillar Two will continue to provide advisory services to Rio Tinto, Zimmerman noted, but has also ...

Impact Investment Partners on Indigenous Infrastructure Investment Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... the investments of course are the local Aboriginal communities. It's quite unique in that we'll have the Indigenous community involved at all levels - investment, the operations of the asset, beneficiaries of the service, then they'll enjoy the participation ...

CEFC nears $1 billion mark in investment in Australia's wind sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... resources. Wind developers are also contributing significant additional investment to local communities through long-term community development funds. In the case of Collector, this will see $240,000 injected into the local community each year." The ...

Business has role to play in protecting human rights: Gillian Triggs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... laws. They weren't worrying about search and seizure laws in airport. They were concerned w/ working w/ the business community for fair access to work on a non-discriminatory basis, or fair access to goods and services and it's in that context that we ...

Coca-Cola Amatil announces that 70% of bottles will be recycled plastic

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... each year from 2020, said Peter West, managing director of Australian Beverages at Coca-Cola Amatil. "We've heard the community message loud and clear - that unnecessary packaging is unacceptable and we need to do our part to reduce it nationwide," West ...

Woolworths Group to become first Australian retailer to issue Green Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... responsibility to lead in this space," said David Marr, Woolworths Group Chief Financial Officer. "We know the investment community is also looking to support companies committed to sustainability driven projects that minimise environmental impact. The ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets ambitious investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... transparency on environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities; and 4. Deliver a financial system that meets community expectations around sustainability.] "We will be releasing a roadmap in 2020, and if we're looking for regulatory/legislative ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches global sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... sustainable world," according to the firm. "We are at a crossroads: now is the time for decisive action by the financial community to play its part in helping to achieve the sustainable future we need, as laid out by the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable ...