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New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... restoration/conservation projects and seeks to leverage timber products as a contributor to the growing bio-economy, including replacements, a shift in resource use and production that includes "replacement of fossil-based energy, fuels, and chemicals ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... economy, and "commercial imperatives such as investment, innovation and reputational factors, is increasingly driving that shift, rather than scientists or policymakers," according to Geoff Summerhayes, executive board member of the Australian Prudential ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
With the maturing of the responsible investment market, the focus of the industry is shifting from justifying the case for ESG-management techniques on how to use the tools to allocate capital and shape the future Australian economy. Simon O'Connor ...

Transparency around tax payments continues to be issue: CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
Disclosure and transparency about tax payments continues to be an issue for global companies, as witnessed by this week's release of the Paradise Papers. The Paradise Papers investigation has sparked a renewed discussion of tax payments and tax minimisation ...

DTEK joins the Climate Bond Initiative's Partner Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
DTEK, Ukraine's largest energy group, has joined the Climate Bond Initiative's Partner Program. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The partnership between DTEK and the Climate Bond Initiative will "help develop mechanisms to attract financing ...

Seven ASX 200 boards with no women, 64 with only one: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... that the biz case is so strong, we expect that investors, in terms of a market response, that's really the most significant shift from here in terms of what's going to turn the dial." AICD warned that without proactive appointments by boards, quotas ...

Diversity Council Australia explores "double jeopardy" facing culturally diverse women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... as women, but as culturally diverse women and starting to think of them as high value, not high risk. There is a mindset shift that needs to happen. The more progressive companies are setting targets - there are professional services companies that are ...

ASX100 CEO pay remains below 2009 peak: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... same level of focus as boards. We want to get the issue with boards into a better shape than it is, then we're happy to shift our focus to executive ranks."

Good Shepherd Microfinance, NAB mark 5th anniversary of Good Money launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... applications to low interest loans was really about women coming through and we'd seen through Good Money a significant shift - 60/40%, much more what we see more broadly as a societal issue. It demonstrated to us that for some people, the more retail ...

Cyber security a rapidly evolving material risk for companies: Citi Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... effectively bypass the perimeter security gateway undetected within the virtual cloud environment." Citi noted that as companies shift to using cloud-based services and implement automation, operational controls are becoming more front-of mind, according ...