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South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report last year. The structure of environmental upgrade finance has proven a vehicle for commercial owners to conduct energy and water efficiency projects, but the segment is still relatively small. "An EUA makes it now feasible for a ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) is reviewing its certification program with the goal of making adjustments to reflect the growing interest in responsible investment products, fund managers and investment advisers. Simon O'Connor ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... crisis." John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute http://www.climateinstitute.org.au/, noted that universities often conduct the research into climate change impacts, but that knowledge is not applied to their endowment policies. "The bitter irony of ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... also maintain a license to operate, or the extent to which stakeholders, such as members, grant funds the legitimacy to conduct that process. "We have a detailed, almost over-the-top conversations about retirement outcomes and how we meet that," said ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... 2014, the company approved a new responsible procurement policy and have developed a supplier questionarie and code of conduct based on that policy, Edwards said. The company has commited to pre-qualifying 50% of their suppliers by 2015. "The supply ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... operations and supply chains,, 40% include local communities and other water users in water risk assessments, and 28% conduct an assessment at the river basin level, according to the CDP report. A majority - 60% - of respondents do not require key suppliers ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
It is time to re-examine the principle that shareholder interests are paramount in business decision-making, according to a new paper by Governance Institute of Australia. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute of Australia The Governance ...

DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... app to demonstrate how it had integrated both audio and visual options for those with low hearing to allow customers to conduct baking, superannuation and share trading activities. Australia Post's workforce of 32,000 people includes 7% - or nearly 2,500 ...

SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... also suggests that actual incidence of suicide go largely unreported. Cbus Super commissioned University of Melbourne to conduct the study. Cbus Super will use the study's findings to target its mental wellbeing initiatives as well as improve some of ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank and Good Shepherd Microfinance have launched "Stop Small Problems Getting Big", a national campaign raise awareness of Good Shepherd Microfinance's no-interest loan scheme. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The campaign ...