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Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... companies can do social good while also developing new products and markets, lifting productivity in the value chain and building a supportive industry in areas where they do business, Dunn said. "There are examples of this, like Rio Tinto talking about ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... attorney for Eureka Funds Management (project lender); Kathy Alexander, CEO City of Melbourne; Vince Juliano, Zagame (building trustee) (photo courtesy of Sustainable Melbourne Fund) The EUA was negotiated between the City of Melbourne, the owners of ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... for making acquisitions rather than the value delivered to shareholders, rewarding acquisitive behaviour and 'empire building,' instead of improved performance; fixed pay increases that simply represent a 'catch up' for executives in cases after a pay ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... factory-fire in Dhaka killed 112 workers, AMP Capital engaged with retailers about signing up to the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement. After the Rana Plaza building collapse, the agreement was superseded by the Accord on Fire and Building ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... recently published a report, Zero Carbon Australia Buildings Plan, outlining how existing residential and non-residential building stock can be refitted to reduce energy use. The specific measures include full insulation retrofit, full draft proofing ...

James Gifford to leave Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... "James is a true norm entrepreneur, envisioning a[n] idea for taking responsible investment forward, and within one decade building a globally recognized organisation to advance the idea," Kell said. "This is a huge accomplishment. We are proud to have ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... also works in conjunction with other market-shaping polices like the Renewable Energy Target (RET) to reduce the cost of building renewable power generators, particularly cost to customers. "For us, there are two key conclusions," said Kellie Caught ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... anything to jeopardize their scheme. Linking was not on a short-term agenda, and her visit was a part of a relationship building exercise. The key thing so far as linking is concerned is to ensure that the fundamentals of the design are the same." As ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australia's real estate investment trusts (REITs) "are amongst the most progressive globally when it comes to acknowledging, measuring and managing ESG risks," according to analysis by J.P. Morgan. J.P. Morgan's Australian equity research team questioned ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Platinum of South Africa identified higher water prices as a risk and said they are increasing water recycling usage by building water treatment plants. Lonmin, also of South Africa, identified reputational damage as a risk, and said that it created ...