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Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... above-baseline emissions. The main thing here, if you take that approach, is that you shift the funding burden from the public sector via the ERF to the private sector - the above-baseline emitters who have to buy the credits." See Also: Assessing likely ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... database providing research on employment moves and trends in institutional and retail financial services has analysed public sector and industry funds with more than AU$1 billion in FUM and presented the research to The Sustainability Report. Of the ...

Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... their values. Increasingly, we're also seeing direct investing in investments, because people are disillusioned with public sector funds and industry fund that may have an ethical fund option, but one that does not reflect what most clients want to see." ...

International Integrated Reporting Council launches Public Sector Pioneer Network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has created the Public Sector Pioneer Network, a group of public sector experts that will examine public sector adoption of the Integrated Reporting framework. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO The Public ...

Australian companies still lag on anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... KPMG saw fraud as a key risk, according to KPMG's 2013 biennial KPMG Fraud Survey. KPMG surveyed 281 private and public sector organisations across Australia and New Zealand for that report, and 43% said they experienced fraud. But establishing policies ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... building new relationships in the way citizens view the way services are provided by the state and the way in which the public sector delivers services - moving towards a more entrepreneurial model. "Since I do policy, I would say that starting from ...

NZ Super Fund sells partial forestry stake to iwi collective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... and Kakano reduced NZ Super Fund's stake from 41.25% to 38.75%. Other shareholders in Kaingaroa Timberland include Public Sector Pension Investment Board, a Canadian Crown corporation investing funds for the pension plans of the Canadian public service ...

ASX could include ESG language in new governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... that adopt them as best practice. "ASX guidelines do get used beyond the sector - they get used by corporatised public sector, they get used by local government, and by private companies. From a governance perspective, I think that's good for beyond ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... developing a diversified economy, but also an opportunity to develop a sector that can step in to meet the needs as public sector functions are outsourced. "We are also looking at how we might respond to the outsourcing of the public sector - co-ops ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Future Fund is responsible for managing AU$82.39 billion of assets to assist future governments to meet the costs of public sector superannuation liabilities. It is also responsible for the management of several other government funds known as the Nation-building ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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