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AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... this year, a single Lost Time Injury was reported in the Western Australian operations," the company said. In terms of community engagement, AWE said that it is planning hydraulic stimulation - more commonly known as fracking - activities in the Perth ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... IGCC CEO. "The specific task of the group is to work out the investment expectations of the institutional investment community in terms of how they relate to green financing initiatives, which includes the UN Green Climate Fund, the CEFC and any one ...

ACSI reiterates no vote for News Corp board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... in the stock over the long term - peerages have no place in corporate life, either here or in the global investment community." ASX corporate governance guidelines recommend that a majority of a board should be independent directors and the role of the ...

Community finance draws eye of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance, a Brisbane-based community development finance institution, believes that recent allocations by the federal government and superannuation fund Christian Super demonstrate that they can provide risk adjusted return that is ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... being into the alternative investment bucket, where it might be sitting along other emerging sub-asset classes such as community investing or green bonds. It's niche, but an interesting investment strategy that can pick up on this very wide set of opportunities ...

Christian Super allocates $6m to social enterprise fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Christian Super superannuation fund has made an AU$6m commitment to a social enterprise fund run by Brisbane-based Foresters Community Finance. Foresters' Social Enterprise Solutions brand is one of two fund managers selected by the Department of Education ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Miners and community stakeholders in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales have agreed to a list of actions to address the impacts of coal mining on a range of issues from mine rehabilitation to water assessments, long term health impacts to local ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... to end manual processing of votes. "A lot of these initiatives to move forward are being held back by the corporate community not driving it," Kolesnikoff said. "They have to drive it - it's not good enough that a company, at its AGM, can pass a resolution ...

Consumers doubt energy retailers' "green" credentials

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... the way providers are presenting themselves, there's something wrong with that. Maybe they should be more involved in community programmes that focus on energy efficiency. Origin sponsors Sustainability Drives, but I don't think that's enough and there's ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... part of that, DEXUS developed a "six pillar" strategic stakeholder approach - investors, tenants, suppliers, employees, community and environment and reported on stakeholder objectives and 2012 commitments. The company reported improvements in its annual ...