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CEFC commits $35 million to finance expansion of intelliHUB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $35 million of debt finance towards the expansion of a smart meter technology venture. CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth and intelliHUB CEO Adrian Clark (photo supplied by CEFC) The debt finance will go towards the ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors has commissioned research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney that has led to the development of a packaging sustainability performance framework. David Gait, managing partner, Stewart ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... present this article from Alison Atherton, Research Principal at Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney By Alison Atherton, Institute for Sustainable Futures When sustainable investors, Stewart Investors, commissioned ...

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... and its ability to adjust its business model by buying or selling companies and introducing or reacting to disruptive technology." More than 130 investors have signed the ESG in Credit Ratings Statement (representing more than US$26 trillion of assets ...

Male carers face "career trap" for seeking flexible working: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... flexibly you can build that around your life, which means less need to take an unexpected day of leave from work." Technology has evolved such that flexible work can now be more effective and productive, Elliott said. He pointed to the development of ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... industrial efficiency, waste, pollution and recycling, water, food and agriculture, advanced materials, and healthcare technology as the overarching themes to their investment process, Siegloff said. By looking at the themes and examining companies that ...

NZ Super Fund invests US$65 million in Rubicon Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The NZ Super Fund has invested US$65 million in cloud-based waste and recycling technology company Rubicon Global. The US$65 million investment falls under the fund's expansion capital, which is a type of private equity investment in relatively mature ...

Australian CSR professionals appear unprepared for Modern Slavery Act: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... importance from 50% in 2014 - when it was first measured - to 80% in 2018. "The issue of managing the implications of technology and privacy remains in the top three issues as well," Black noted. "We also looked at the issue of the contribution of CSR ...

Future of mobility requires key action by business, policy makers: SBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... is part of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) global sustainable mobility project. "New technology and business models are combining with increased and decentralised urbanisation, a more flexible approach to car ownership ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... drawn in and there will be a lot more noise about that in 2018, particularly for companies that are trying out new technology. There are both new opportunities and new risk, particularly the risk of changes in legislation with what's happening at Facebook." ...