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Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... amounts of business coming from outside Australia now, in 2012 our EMEA business was in the top 10 of managers in the UK retail market, which is one of the reasons why I'm in London, to tackle that challenge." Oulton said that there is increasing interest ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... credit," McCrum said. "The main issue isn't liquidity - it's that the issuance in places like Sweden and Japan is more retail driven. You can get more Yen exposure in green bonds, for example, but the issue is that the bonds go straight to Japanese mums ...

Local Government Super sells upgraded property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... the maximum 6 stars NABERS rating if Greenpower is taken into account." SKM House is 10,000 square metres of office and retail space and parking for 74 cars. It was built in the late 1980's and is 100% tenanted, with Sinclair Knight Merz occupying the ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... self-disclosed disability had been employed, with a 74% retention rate. The bank also hired 79 Indigenous trainees in their retail network. Twenty-three were recruited to full time-positions and 25 were recruited via the Indigenous trainee program. See ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... businesses objectives in its first sustainability report. Charter Hall manages 184 properties for wholesale, institutional and retail clients, with an AU$9.6bn predominately Australian property portfolio across the core office, industrial and retail ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... suggests that Woolworths is sending 96,000 tonnes to landfill, somewhat over-shadowing the food diversion highlight. The best retail team The last section of the report is a comprehensive account of how Woolworths is developing its people to be a world-class ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Net Balance and sustainable procurement advisory firm ECO-Buy have merged, bringing together two leading specialist sustainability organisations. Cameron Neil, Net Balance The merger will see both entities increase the range of their sustainability ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance opens third Good Money site

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance has opened a retail site in Melbourne to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney at the Good Money launch ...

Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Government organisations are not effectively communicating sustainability-related issues to stakeholders, according to a survey of Australian-based sustainability management personnel, consultants and commentators. Stephen Hale According to the survey ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... reduction targets for supply chain emissions, with that mainly coming from consumer companies in the food, beverage and retail industries. CDP Carbon Action's development has been supported through advice from Catholic Super, AXA Investment Managers ...