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Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... company-specific, the implications went further. Unlike other supply chain issues, when it comes to what people eat, there is a different tolerance level. People don't want to take a gamble." As with other ESG issues, food safety has wider implications ...

Australian Ethical FUM AU$1.4bn for second half of 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... and small-capitalisation companies. There are no product launches in the works at the moment, Vernon said. "We have 14 different investment options that you can access," he said. "Over the last 12 months, we introduced a new product - the emerging companies ...

Uncorking economic, environmental benefits of wine on tap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... bars can purchase their wine in bulk and sell an assortment of varieties by the glass to customers willing to pay in different price ranges. Initially, the bulk nature of wine on tap will likely attract sales of the lower end wine quality. In principle ...

GRI creates GOLD Community for stakeholders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... complimentary Alignment Service for their G4 report. "As members, we have the opportunity to hear and learn from the different points of view that are expressed around the same table - this is how good decisions are made," said Michel Washer, deputy ...

Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Health Economics and Social Policy at Deloitte Access Economics. "The problem has been that often people speak very different languages, when they're talking about social impact," Pezzullo said. "There are good intention by the community sector and investors ...

Fund members concerned about climate change risk: CFGAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... direction has been set, and now it's the how do you respond to that part. I don't see Australian asset owners having any different challenges than any other asset owner." CFSGAM also pointed to survey respondents sense of "frustration" with the lack ...

Governance Institute issues guide for political donation policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... said Judith Fox, Governance Institute policy director. The Governance Institute explained in the guide that there are different definitions for what a political donation is - in New South Wales, "a political donation includes a gift or payment made to ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "There are new protocols for understanding different aspects of company value and being able to report on how companies create value," Black said. "There will be a lot of work this ...

South Australia passes building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... towards dealing with tenants.... Effectively, that enables market participants to engage in potential projects through different channels. What happens in Victoria is, we do a lot of work with tenants because they're the ones who benefit from the project ...

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
A successful outcome to the Paris Climate Summit will be an agreement that sets a strategy for global action over time in which countries that are party to the process are similarly engaged on a pathway to cap global temperature increases to 2 degrees ...