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NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... opportunity," said Scott Bocskay, chief executive of Sustainable Melbourne Fund. The building at 123 Queen Street is a mix of retail tenants, office space and a hotel and conference centre, Bocskay said. Construction is expected to be done over the next ...

Emerald Wrap to launch RI investment platform in March

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... maximum administration fee of 0.428% for investment and 0.574% for super and pension. "We're predominately working with retail advisers and financial planners that have been quite active in the SRI/ethical space," Medcalf said. "The aim of the wrap is ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... designed to provide Indigenous Australian job seekers with a solid pathway into productive long-term employment within the retail sector. The past 12 months has seen the recruitment, placement and mentoring of unemployed Indigenous Australians in Woolworths ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Companies that sell tradeable carbon credits generated under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) will have to register for an Australian Financial Services (AFS) license as part of draft legislation from the federal government. The federal government ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... systems, employee development, responsible lending and investment, climate change and diversity and flexibility. Across its retail brands, which include Westpac, St. George, Bank of Melbourne, BankSA, RAMS and BT Financial Group continued to focus on ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... ranked among the issues with the highest current or potential impact on Mirvac's business. Biodiverity, tenant expectations, retail customer behavior, executive remuneration and payments transparency were among the issues given a lower ranking as current ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and report and measure their performance against meaningful metrics, particularly institutional investors and the growing retail market for "ethical" and "sustainable" superannuation funds. To that end, Bradbury pointed to the International Integrated ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... projects being delayed, but the damage that that can occur to the brand. Origin and AGL are both big in green power and the retail market is very competitive, so they have to be very careful in terms of managing the brand as well as making sure the projects ...

Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... backdrop of full year net profits of AU$6.39bn. The 75.2% customer satisfaction rate, as measured by Roy Morgan Research into retail customer satisfaction, was nearly equal to 2010's 75.6% and higher than previous years, CBA said in its annual sustainability ...

Stockland increases green star ratings, reduces water use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Stockland, the diversified property group, has reported reducing water use across its office portfolio by 11% and its retail portfolio by 10%, commenced installing LED lights at its Stockland Nowra development and reported a 64% decrease in injury frequency ...