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Teachers Mutual Bank installs solar panels, LED lights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank Limited has invested AU$450,000 to install solar panels and LED lights across all its owned buildings. Teachers Mutual has installed 612 solar panels and 1,825 LED lights, which is expected to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by28% ...

AMP Capital examines impact of disruptions on financial sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Technological disruptions including driverless cars, the sharing economy and blockchain are top sources of both risk and opportunity for Australia's insurance and diversified financial services sector, according to AMP Capital. Kristen Le Mesurier ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian industrial sectors, Jeyaretnam said. The consumer products, financial services and telecommunications sectors have led the way in embedding sustainability in supply chains, while constriction, mining, utilities and hospitality have lagged ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Business Australia, as the Australian network partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), led the workshop that led to the Australian consultation paper on the protocols. "The Protocol has significance relevance ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... confirms that that has stepped up again. That's what's really driving the uptake of responsible investment, and that's what led to an ever-expanded number of products and options on the market. We're in a different place than we were five to 10 years ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian Electoral Commission had not finalised the vote count, but it seems near certain that the Liberal/National coalition led by Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull will lead government with support from independent members. The composition of the Senate ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... green bonds as well as strategies to exclude corporates and sovereigns with less than optimal performance on ESG factors has led to the development of ethical, or environmental themed funds, but managers have not yet been able to link performance on ...

Financial Impact Action Plan program to target exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... after that critical mass is complete inversion, from a top-down organisational lead on the FIAP to a grassroots community led plan that takes the FIAP on, and that would include local organisations like local government and Chambers of Commerce." The ...

Australia to implement EITI standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... the multi-stakeholder group. We're aware of that." The Australian government first committed to piloting the EITI in 2011, led by then-Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and then-Resources Minister Martin Ferguson. The pilot began in July 2012 and the process ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Ombudsman and leading public integrity agencies in all states, including all state ombudsmen. The project will be led by Professor A J Brown. There is a general consensus from all supporters of the project that there needs to be new laws ...