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Social Ventures Australia funds Melbourne LEGO club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... an inexpensive opportunity for cognitive and social development." Deakin was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2013 to travel overseas and learn techniques to accommodate sensory learning difficulties in play sessions. SVA provided start-up funding through ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... or in operations in other jurisdictions. "There are tremendous opportunities for companies," Day said. "The direction of travel in terms of where the global economy is heading globally is clear. We are in a low-carbon transition at the moment, and many ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... underestimate their carbon impact. The report notes that 72% of the Global 500 measure emissions associated with business travel, but business travel equates to just 0.2% of the sample's reported scope 3 emissions. So while nearly all financial businesses ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Programs that assist Aboriginal women and girls can have a multiplier effect through the wider community because women act as catalysts for social change according to a report examining approaches for philanthropic investment. The AMP Foundation report ...

La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... target of 37%. However, La Trobe University also disclosed that it did not meet targets such as reducing staff business travel greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and water use. "We tried really hard to give an honest account of our performance ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Queensland social enterprise that will provide accommodation to people in Cairns and Indigenous people from Cape York who travel to Cairns for health services. SEFA has loaned AU$450,000 to Three Sistas, a social enterprise which will buy a former tourism ...

AusLSA to provide access to environmental measurement tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... solution, which will allow members to input business consumption data including electricity, paper, waste and business travel, and calculate the environmental footprint. "The online Environmental Consumption Calculator (ECC) will make it easier for members ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... 145 kilotons, a 22% increase compared to the first quarter of 2011. SAP attributes this increase to a 45% increase in air travel, a 7% increase in company car emissions and a 7% increase in employees. SAP reporting putting measures in place to improve ...

City of Melbourne to hold EUA sessions for building sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne and the Sustainable Melbourne Fund are offering three free information sessions to educate consultants and contractors to the commercial building sector on environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs). The information sessions in February ...

Henry Davis York reports increase in pro bono, energy and travel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... partner development program to include administrative and management staff, but also disclosed increases in purchased energy, travel and paper usage in its 2011 sustainability report. Henry Davis York has published sustainability reports since 2008 and ...