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Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator has announced that the first Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction will take place on 15 April, and experts say the participants will most likely be drawn from existing Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) project owners. Jennifer ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), ahead of the organisation's 2015 survey launch. QIC has more than AU$74 billion in assets under management and more than AU$10 billion invested ...

Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Westpac has committed to recruiting at least 40 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander university student interns annually for the next decade. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The banking group signed a 10 year contract with CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship ...

Diversity Council Australia urges employer action in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Diversity Council Australia (DCA) is encouraging employers to develop and implement strategies to increase diversity in the workplace. Lisa Annese, CEO Diversity Council Australia DCA will work with its member organisations to increase cultural diversity ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Politics is the process of governing an entity for the purpose of allocating resources. Superannuation funds are not partisan political participants in the way that elected politicians are, but funds' investment activities are impacted by politics ...

Combet calls for return of carbon pricing policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Former Climate Change Minister Greg Combet predicted that Abbott government policy on greenhouse gas emissions reduction will not survive, telling an audience of superannuation funds and funds managers that the investment industry has a role to play ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Property developer and manager Mirvac has reported on the first six months of a new integrated sustainability strategy that stretches out to 2030 and includes targets of becoming "net positive" on water and energy. Paul Edwards, group general manager ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Water insecurity is likely to constrain companies' business growth, but water risk assessments are "often" falling short in both direct operations and supply chain, according to CDP. Cate Lamb, head of CDP's water program CDP recently published the ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Increasing public demand for ethical investment products represents a "call to action" for the responsible investment industry in Australia, according to the chief executive officer of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon ...

Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Companies are "inconsistent in recognising risks and taking action"on deforestation risks from major agricultural commodities in their supply chain, according to CDP. Katie McCoy, head of forests, CDP While more than 90% of companies see opportunities ...