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ARENA funds AU$5.2m for Renergi biofuel project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... design and build a 100kg per hour biomass conversion unit and a complementary 20 litre per hour biorefinery unit to refine material such as agricultural waste and malee to generate energy products. "Renergi's approach would allow green bio-crude to be ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Victoria Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced that it will divest from direct investments in equity of tobacco manufacturers. VFMC is a AU$46.6 billion state-owned funds manager for a number of public authorities and bodies. Divestment ...

GRI creates two leadership groups for future discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... leveraged for the purpose of integrated reporting, GRI Says. "GRI believes that integrated reporting, which incorporates material sustainability information equally alongside financial information, and which embodies a truly multi-stakeholder approach ...

Bondor, QUT partner on sustainable building material project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will partner with Bondor, a producer of insulated roof and wall panels and lightweight decorative architectural facade panels, to measure how the company's thermal building system satisfies residents' cost savings ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... listed boards recognise and manage risk. Recommendation 7.4 says "[a] listed entity should disclose whether it has any material exposure to economic, environmental and social sustainability risks and, if it does, how it manages or intends to manage those ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... 2013 to analyse their responses to 10 identified global megaforces - population growth, climate change, energy and fuel, material resource scarcity, wealth, water scarcity, food security, deforestation, ecological decline and urbanisation. On average ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... market thinks. We can establish that ESG - and my work is around climate change - and climate change in particular, is a material risk and it is in the best interest of our beneficiaries to look at this from a finance position." Pablo Berrutti, head ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... deliver that - over 730 people took part on the day with, 47 projects and 35 charities." Mirvac has also identified 19 material issues, from waste, water and energy to materials, supplier governance, future cities and adaptation, affordability and social ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers has reported reducing total greenhouse gas emissions by 4.1% in the 2014 financial year, increased supply chain transparency for its Kmart and Target divisions, and increased the number of women in senior roles to 29%, according to its sustainability ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... case to make to most directors, and hopefully they understand the difference between independence and something that's material to them personally but isn't material to the company." Hagart differentiated the need for directors with holdings that are ...