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SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... has bought a former tourism business and turned it into low-cost accommodation service for people coming to Cairns for health services, as well as crisis accommodation for the homeless. The money has gone towards the purchase and refurbishment of the ...

More women, more new entrants appointed to ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Top 100 ASX listed companies are naming more women and more new entrants to their boards, while smaller companies within the ASX200 are lagging behind, according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne ACSI ...

Kenyan bank endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... - and the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute food, fiber, water, health, energy, climate security and other essential services for everyone," according to the declaration. National Australia Bank ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
High conviction ethical superannuation fund Cruelty Free Super has passed the two year mark, amassing more than 300 members and AU$5m in assets under management. The fund is aiming for AU$10m in assets under management and plans to contribute to the ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... - and the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute food, fiber, water, health, energy, climate security and other essential services for everyone," according to the Natural Capital Declaration, an initiative ...

Citi: "Carbon bubble" represents 1-2% of ASX200 value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... power generation declined dramatically due to constraints on use stemming from environmental, climate change and public health concerns and the potential for the dramatic fall in the cost of renewable energy sources. "There have been various studies ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... tenant engagement - 88% have a program of tenant engagement in place - with about a third of the respondents addressing health and wellbeing aspects - factors that affect tenant satisfaction and productivity." More than 80% of Australian property companies ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... ecosystem services, labour standards of direct employees, public contributions and lobbying activities, waste and pollution, health and safety and vote confirmation. See Also: Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

Low Carbon Australia financing for local council upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... in New South Wales will undergo energy efficiency overhauls via part funding from Low Carbon Australia. Cardina Shire's health and recreation facility has received AU$225,913 in Low Carbon Australia finance and a AU$369,582 grant from the federal government's ...

Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Development, also known as Rio+20, and also supports the fracking risk disclosure guidelines issued by the Investor Environmental Health Network, calling for the minimisation of air emissions from fracking operations. "Methane is more than twenty times ...