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Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Forestry Stewardship Council and the use of environmentally low impact resources and techniques allows Mystique to provide an ethical product for the Australian market. The Carbon Neutral Program is a voluntary scheme which allows Australian businesses ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... take into account in our decision making where it is material and we can get information on it. We distinguish it from ethical investing. Basically at the end of the day, what we're looking at is making better, more informed decisions.. There's a lack ...

Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... compliance should be more of a launching pad than an end result." The King III code is broken down into nine separate chapters- ethical leadership and corporate citizenship; boards and directors; audit committees; the governance of risk; the governance ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... with, "For asset managers, there really isn't anything else," McCluskey said. "If we were selling socially responsible or ethical products, we could get external certification for those products, but we don't do that. Our approach is to consider ESG ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... CustomSuper, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund, Australian Reward Investment Alliance (PSSap), Australian Ethical Retail Superannaution Fund, BT Super For Life, Catholic Super, Cbus, Christian Super, HESTA Super Fund, StatewideSuper ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
James Thier is a a founding director of Australian Ethical Investment, a fund manager with AU$650m in assets under management that has specialised in ethical and sustainable investment since its 1986 inception. In addition to specialist funds, Australian ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... noted. "There is a growing focus on the need for what is called 'responsible investment'. This is not values-based or ethical investment, but rather investment in organisations that understand, manage and report on the actions they are taking to address ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... interim report. "Once a year is enough in my personal opinion," said Michael Walsh, head of strategy and development, ethical analyst, at Hunter Hall. "If anything happens that's financially material, either from an earnings or risk perspective, continuous ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Although unsuccessful, the motion was called a "good first endeavour" by James Thier, a founding director of Australian Ethical Investment and co-founder of the Climate Advocacy Fund, which proposed the amendment. "This was the first time a climate change ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... and communicate "material" business risks, including: operational, environmental, sustainability, compliance, strategic, ethical, reputation or brand, technological, product or service quality, human capital, financial reporting and market-related ri ...