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Low Carbon Australia finances Warrnambool lighting project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Warrnambool Mayor Michael Neoh. The balance of the project costs in Warrnambool will come from an Australian government Community Energy Efficiency Program (CEEP) grant of up to AU$1.4 million allocated to a group of regional councils which also included ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Telstra, Janette O'Neill, h ead of corporate responsibility strategy at NAB, Mike Chapman, manager, environment and community, Xstrata Coal and Sarah Marshall, national environment and sustainability manager, Abigroup Contractors, the participants spoke ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... CSR leadership, however, the most commonly cited example of CSR leadership - cited by 26% of respondents - related to community investment, volunteering and philanthropy. The second highest response, at 22%, was the development of a flagship sustainability ...

Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... organization of sustainable banks from around the world, including microfinance banks in emerging markets, credit unions, community banks and sustainable banks financing social, environmental and cultural enterprise. The group has a common set of sustainable ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Development Solutions Network (SDSN) hub. As part of the role, Monash will "mobilise research centres, industry and community organisations to develop practical pathways to end extreme poverty, increase social inclusion and sustain the planet," the university ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... variables proposed by the scientists in the Science article are genetic composition, species populations, specific traits, community composition, ecosystem structure, and ecosystem function. The six variables have examples, measurement and scalability ...

RIAA hires Simon O'Connor as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... is joining RIAA, and are particularly excited about Simon's track record in linking civil society and the investment community," said Pablo Berrutti, chair of RIAA's board of directors, in a statement. "Strengthening these connections, as many sustainability ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... institutional investors could be hit by economic costs of carbon emission policies up to US$8tr by 2030 if the international community's mitigation response to carbon emission is strong. The report noted that industries that would be worse off include ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... US$8tr by 2030, according to Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation. If the international community's mitigation response to carbon emission is strong, the industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... awarded by US-based non-profit B Lab, which evaluates potential companies for how they impact on employees, suppliers, community and the environment against standards for social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. "We've known ...