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BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... strategic management of carbon risks. Resolution 25 was proposed by the Aiming for A coalition, a group of institutional investors led by CCLA, a UK-based specialist investment manager for charities, faith based organisations and local authorities. Aiming ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... workshop with staff from across the business, Hanlon said. The process formalised a commitment to creating shared value, and also led to the creation of the company's first responsible investment policy, which widens its previous environmental and social ...

CEFC, CBA finance car dealership energy efficiency loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Sydney car dealership has taken out an AU$320,000 Energy Efficiency Loan to install 1,000 solar panels and more than 100,000 LED lights. Rooftop solar PV installation at Col Crawford Lifestyle Cars (photo courtesy CEFC) Col Crawford Lifestyle Cars took ...

Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... by cities," as well as information sharing and creating a $700,000 innovation fund for investment in "high-potential, city-led projects that develop, test, implement and amplify deep de-carbonisation strategies and practices."

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... dollars into this, but you do know what your largest holding in a passive low carbon index is? ExxonMobil. That sort of thinking led us to think is we can do something better." Inflection Point, a boutique investment firm with operations in London and ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... all," she said. "I think the tightening of the ratchet from APRA around the whole regulated financial services sector has led to an increased in governance, and that has, I think, improved the likelihood of better nominations and selections processes ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... alternatives such as payday lending and consumer leasing to access cash and household goods. Improvements in technology have led to numerous start-ups in this segment of the credit markets." Mooney cited online payday lending facilities as a concern. ...

Paula Benson appointed NAB GM corporate affairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... responsibility at NAB, and commenced her new role last month. She joined NAB in 2011 as general manager corporate responsibility and led the development of the bank's Wealth of Opportunity strategy, which was launched in late 2013. Benson's career spans ...

IIRC launches IR Technology Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has launched the IR Technology Initiative, led by companies that will examine how technology can assist in the adoption of IR. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO CRedit360 (UK), Deloitte, Indra (Spain), PwC ...

KPMG: top global miners make $1.2bn in social investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... I've seen good results is where the CEO is very passionate about a particular area, perhaps where the CEO's experiences have led them to develop their own thinking about what they want to achieve with a social program and then stimulate the right projects ...