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GRI CEO discusses future of sustainability reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... foreign investment. Most of the GRI funding comes from this. If you're the Dutch government, you're going to be focused on building sustainable development and emerging markets up to a point and then once you have enough confidence in the market, the ...

Mirvac marks strategic process in 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... of achieving its sustainability targets, the company held the forum in March 2015 to discuss the future of place when building retail, residential and commercial developments, said Paul Edwards, group general manager sustainability, Mirvac. "The forum ...

DCA calls for inclusive leadership at Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA has released Building Inclusion: An Evidence-Based Model of Inclusive Leadership, based on interviews and reviews of national and international ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... independent party certification and some audit-only certification, Fowler said. Fowler also said there are proxies with building standards, such as having a certain NABERS rating as a basis for bond asset issuance. Fowler reviewed the most recent data ...

Social Ventures Australia launch venture philanthropy fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... are tackling pressing social issues," SVA said. The organisations will receive a combination of funding and capacity building support, including business strategy advices, measurement and evaluation of their impact and opportunities to access "new supporter ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... capability to give us more ability to own assets directly in infrastructure, or property, or direct equities, and debt. We're building our operational platform to support that and we are structuring mandates in different ways to create that. Q: First ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Industrial relations, including enterprise bargaining as well as more informal worker/employer collaborations, can be used to address climate change. Professor Ray Markey, director of the Centre for Workforce Futures at Macquarie University A wide range ...

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Hartzer, Westpac Group CEO. "It's also a tribute to the incredible efforts of our 40,000 people who are committed to building a better future for the people who bank with us, work with us, invest in us, or are part of our wider community. It's this kind ...

CEFC commits $250m to large scale solar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... will complement AU$100 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The AU$350 million will go towards building at least four, and as many as 10 new large-scale solar funds. The program will support the accelerated development of solar ...

Victorian government expands EUA legislation statewide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... - until now, EUAs have been limited to the City of Melbourne in the state of Victoria. EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting projects. Under the terms, the building owner is advanced ...