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Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... new paradigm that enables banks to leverage the tremendous potential inherent in their businesses to address the global consumer, business and community challenges we face today." The paper builds on the article Porter and Mark Kramer wrote in the Harvard ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Green Property Working Group has issued proposed standards defining which buildings can be used as the basis for certified climate bonds. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The proposed rules are part of the Climate Bonds Standards ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... research to identify what improvement in standards we want the payday lending sector to adopt. The last review of the Consumer Credit Code hasn't really solved the financial stresses and poor quality contracts and contracts management that is evident ...

CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Retaining the Renewable Energy Target would potentially keep power prices lower, as compared to removing the target and increasing reliance on "increasingly expensive gas and ageing coal-fired power," according to the Clean Energy Council (CEC). The ...

Westpac signs on to Soft Commodities Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... by 2020. The Soft Commodities Compact has been developed by the Banking Environment Initiative in partnership with the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) to support CGF member companies in transforming their commodity supply chains to achieve zero deforestation ...

CDP: investment in carbon reduction yields positive return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... 2012. The signatories wrote to 300 companies in the 17 industries in the energy, utilities, materials, industrials and consumer discretionary sectors. These 17 industries and 300 companies were selected because they have "high average emissions of 10 ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Insurance Scheme (NDIS). "Big ticket policy initiatives like the NDIS are supposedly about shifting control and choice to the consumer. Co-ops and mutuals have members rather than shareholders at heart. They are a perfect marriage of the social purpose ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... change to the retail market as an investment risk to Australian retailers - the report named technology changes, changing consumer behaviour and performance and globalisation, such as competition from online and internationalisation that drive price ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon price will no doubt want to make sure they receive a rebate or a refund for that. For utilities, the ultimate consumer will be you or I. So it will be a question of how that is unwound - a refund or a rebate? How will that actually work, and that's ...

Nippon Gas buys stake in COzero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Japan's Nippon Gas has bought a 16% stake in COzero, the energy management solutions provider has announced. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero The investment will give Nippon Gas access to COzero's energy solutions, including EnergyLink, a newly developed ...