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ASIC issues report on payday lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... protections or face more enforcement action. ASIC issued a report recently that found that some payday lenders are "engaging in conduct that risks breching responsible lending obligations," according to the report, Payday Lenders and the New Small Amount ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
There is a high degree of overlap in what organisational reporters using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework consider material, and what investors consider material, according to an analysis conducted by GRI and RobecoSAM. In the report ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Companies with more than 100 employees will continue reporting gender equality data to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), but the government has removed several requirements that were due to commence in April. Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council ...

Carnegie Wave Energy launches Perth Wave Energy Project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Carnegie Wave Energy has switched on its first onshore power station, the Perth Wave Energy Project. Carnegie installed the first CETO 5 unit- known as the Perth Project - for the Department of Defence at Garden Island in Western Australia last year. ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report last year. The structure of environmental upgrade finance has proven a vehicle for commercial owners to conduct energy and water efficiency projects, but the segment is still relatively small. "An EUA makes it now feasible for a ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) is reviewing its certification program with the goal of making adjustments to reflect the growing interest in responsible investment products, fund managers and investment advisers. Simon O'Connor ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... crisis." John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute http://www.climateinstitute.org.au/, noted that universities often conduct the research into climate change impacts, but that knowledge is not applied to their endowment policies. "The bitter irony of ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... also maintain a license to operate, or the extent to which stakeholders, such as members, grant funds the legitimacy to conduct that process. "We have a detailed, almost over-the-top conversations about retirement outcomes and how we meet that," said ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... 2014, the company approved a new responsible procurement policy and have developed a supplier questionarie and code of conduct based on that policy, Edwards said. The company has commited to pre-qualifying 50% of their suppliers by 2015. "The supply ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... operations and supply chains,, 40% include local communities and other water users in water risk assessments, and 28% conduct an assessment at the river basin level, according to the CDP report. A majority - 60% - of respondents do not require key suppliers ...