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Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... two year development process. Sustainable Business Australia, as the Australian network partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), led the workshop that led to the Australian consultation paper on the protocols. "The Protocol ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... social governance issues associated with Transfield's detention centre contracts having a negative impact on Transfield's business and share price, and also pointed out a heightened risk of future legal actions against the company. "After careful consideration ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... a tipping point in terms of embedding sustainability organisationally and using sustainability as a launching pad for business innovation. Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility To start with the prosaic ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... the vast majority of credible institutions around the world do. Insurers, financial services companies, governments, business and economic think tanks. So looking at that, it doesn't matter what we think - we can objectively say that this is what the ...

Mutuals, co-ops have turnover of $104 billion: BCCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... of more than AU$104 billion and combined assets of AU$282 billion in 2012/2013, according to a report by the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM). Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO (Photo courtesy of BCCM) In its 2014 National Mutual Economy ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities and matches private investment. SEDIF allocated AU$10m to SEFA ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... below $500,000, and about 42% are under $100,000. Small is beautiful, and this is where, that comes back to the Better Business Finance website that we've worked through here. [Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy] EE/RE in the US is focused on small and ...

Sustainable Business Australia named WBCSD global partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) has been selected as the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Australian global partner. SBA will work with WBCSD as part of its global network to "collaborate on business solutions to complex ...

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... legislation. Further, SMF said the government has to disclose a benchmark price for price discovery, and to incentivise business participation. The ERF has to provide "deeming" of emissions reductions, and finally, SMF supports inclusion of "make good" ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... a dividend, so the question for us is how we communicate detail around how we protect and steward the capital in the business." At Stockland, using the Integrated Reporting framework meant increasing the focus on reporting on material financial and non-financial ...