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Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has joined the Climate Bond Standard's energy efficiency working group, which will develop criteria to certify energy efficiency-related bonds. Low Carbon Australia will work with representatives from the International Energy Agency ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
With retailer Woolworths Limited facing a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) over a move to change the company's constitution to limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 maximum bets, another distributor, Metcash, faced media allegations ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
American college and university endowments have a weak understanding of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing strategies, trends and opportunities, according to a report by the Tellus Institute. US college and university endowments manage ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Shareholders in retailer Woolworths Limited will be asked at a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to vote on a motion demanding the company limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 bets. GetUp, the activist group behind the campaign to curb ...

Foresters launches Social Investment Australia lending fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Ed. note: substantially updated throughout with comment from Valda Wheeler, SIA Foresters Community Finance subsidiary Social Investment Australia (SIA) has launched a new fund offering financing to non-profits seeking to buy property. SIA has launched ...

Transparency International publishes anti-corruption report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The largest publicly traded multinational companies have increased their reporting on anti-corruption programmes, but more needs to be done to improve transparency, according to a report by Transparency International (TI). TI ranked 105 of the world's ...

Low Carbon Australia financing for local council upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Buildings in Cardinia Shire in Victoria and Great Lakes Council 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 ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The development of an Australian water accounting standard means that companies will be able to provide disclosure about water rights and obligations in a financially meaningful fashion, at a time when Australian companies are coming under scrutiny ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has made its first loan to a Queensland social enterprise that will provide accommodation to people in Cairns and Indigenous people from Cape York who travel to Cairns for health services. SEFA has loaned AU$450,000 ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
All four of the largest banks in Australia have set formal targets and policies to increase employment of Indigenous Australians, engage with Indigenous communities, and increase Indigenous access to financial products and services. Representatives ...