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Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... 2014, with Westpac still aiming for a target of 50% by 2017, said Siobhan Toohill, head of group sustainability and community at Westpac. "The overarching, aspirational target is to get women into 50% of leadership roles by 2017," Toohill said. "We have ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... material business from gambling, another area of exclusion, Walsh said. The cash portfolio's mortgage book makes loans to community service organisations, aged care facilities and housing for people with disabilities and similar projects, in line with ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... risks associated with other things, so for example, an investment in a tobacco company carries its own risks which are community based and policy based. Hence a lot of funds have divested from tobacco investment. It's the same sort of analysis that applies ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Vision, a multistakeholder group. 202020 Vision, which is comprised of businesses, governments, academics, NGOs and community groups, has launched a national tour - Growing the Seeds - of workshops and crowdsourced solutions to increase urban green space ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... stakeholders on the question of whether directors should consider more than just shareholder considerations, given increased community expectations of higher levels of corporate responsibility. These issues represent multiple areas of interest, with ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... and education. The university disclosed its performance around waste, water and energy, as well as its performance as community institution. "The aggregation of all the social as well as environmental data in one report that helps communicate what sustainability ...

ARENA, NT government fund $55m PV project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... energy storage," ARENA said. "By integrating solar PV into existing diesel power stations, this project will reduce each community's reliance on costly diesel for electricity generation," Frischknecht said. "Importantly, the project will demonstrate ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... year, but goes beyond financial performance to assess the fund's performance across a range of indicators, including community and economic value, employee engagement, and member value. Although a few superannuation funds use the GRI reporting guidelines ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... financial and values-based decision." Future Super will employ a strategy of enrolling and retaining members through community engagement, Verwey said. "Research shows that the pool for ethical investment is big, but the number of people who are in an ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... accommodation, Gales said. "The headline as to why we really liked it is that fact that the organisation has a strong degree of community support," he said. "That was quite special to us. When we look at an organisation, we do the mainstream finance ...