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ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia's power from renewable sources by 2020. 'State and federal governments need to work hand-in-hand to attract the investment needed to promote renewable energy,' Graves said. The project was launched by Prime Minister Julia Gillard on 20 July ...

Sensis certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Sensis, producer of the Yellow Pages and White Pages directories, has been certified as carbon neutral for its print and online directories under the Australian Government's National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). The certification recognises Sensis' ...

Women make strides in recent board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... other demographic characteristics, noting that according to information published by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, the average age of directors on listed and unlisted companies (comprising 23,448 directors) is 53 years, with 29% ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Maastricht University's European Centre for Corporate Engagement and has received around 350 responses from various real investment firms and vehicles. Kok noted that Australia generally has a reputation for understanding why and how commercial properties ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability/ESG considerations and sovereign defaults are not, at first pass, connected to each other, when Tim Hodgson, senior investment consultant and head of Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Group talks about both, the word "imbalances" come up ...

ACSI CEO elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Byrne, CEO of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, has been elected to the Principle for Responsible Investment's Advisory Council, PRI's strategic governance body. Ann Byrne Byrne is one of six candidates to join the board. Two are asset ...

Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... manager at the AU$36.1bn Victorian Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), a public authority that provides investment and funds management services to Victorian public bodies, told The Sustainability Report in July that board concentration is ...

Sustainability a key theme for investor awareness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Sustainability and major sovereign default are two key themes investors need to be aware of, according to Tim Hodgson, senior investment consultant and head of Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Group. "Sustainability is not a problem for the next three ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... challenge for investors as well, noted Duncan Paterson, CEO of independent research provider CAER. "From a responsible investment point of view, traditionally, whilst investors are armed when looking at environmental issues, they grapple with social ...

Mercer's global head of responsible investment business recognised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Jane Ambachtsheer, partner and global head of Mercer's responsible investment business, has been recognised as the honorary recipient of the Social Investment Organization's 2011 Canadian SRI Lifetime Achievement Award. The Social Investment Organization ...