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Principles for Responsible Investment hire chief operating officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired Peter de Graaf as chief operating officer (COO). Fiona Reynolds, managing director, Principles for Responsible Investment de Graaf comes to PRI From the London-based management consultancy Carnstone ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
In the year since the launch of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Australia's Big Four banks have been mapping their performance against these goals and which goals are relevant to their business strategies. The SDGs came into ...

RIAA designs Responsible Returns consumer website

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has designed a website to match retail investors and financial advisers with responsible and ethical products to meet their profile. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The site, Responsible Returns, matches ...

Teachers Mutual Bank installs solar panels, LED lights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank Limited has invested AU$450,000 to install solar panels and LED lights across all its owned buildings. Teachers Mutual has installed 612 solar panels and 1,825 LED lights, which is expected to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by28% ...

UCA Funds Management adds Nine Entertainment Company to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has added Nine Entertainment Company to its list of excluded companies due to its "market leading position in attracting advertising revenue from the gambling industry." Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management The ethical funds manager ...

Louise Davidson joins International Integrated Reporting Council board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has appointed Louise Davidson to its board of directors. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO Davidson, the chief executive officer of the Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), has more than 20 years' ...

Pollinate Energy attracts investment from Pangaea Impact Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... it lasts for around five years. See Also: Pollinate Energy sells 10,000th solar light Pollinate Energy to open Kolkata office

International Integrated Reporting Council hires Richard Howitt as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has named Richard Howitt as the next chief executive officer. Howitt will succeed outgoing CEO Paul Druckman on 1 November. Howitt is currently a Member of European Parliament (MEP), and will step ...

Not for Podcast: Discrediting Online Gambling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Australians are the biggest gamblers in the world, losing more money per adult on gambling than any other developed country. The average loss for each Australian who gambled was $1,500, according to a government inquiry in 2010. It also found the costs ...

Climate Bond Initiative releases climate performance data for buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... commercial offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. The data sets can be used to assess whether office buildings, proposed developments or retrofits are eligible for certification against the Climate Bonds Low Carbon Building ...