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Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... insurers, and other participants, said Lynne Pezzullo, lead report author, and lead partner of Health Economics and Social Policy at Deloitte Access Economics. "The problem has been that often people speak very different languages, when they're talking ...

Pauline Vamos to step down as ASFA CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... end of June, the Board said. "With passion, drive and energy second to none, Pauline's enormous contribution to public policy debate during her time at ASFA has been outstanding," said Dr Michael Easson, ASFA board chair on behalf of the board. "Drawing ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... integrate the operations." Baptist World Aid will use the report to engage with both companies to uphold worker rights and with policy-makers as they grapple with the human rights issues in companies' supply chain. Nimbalker pointed to legislation such ...

Impact investing key trend for 2016: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Impact investing will become a key trend in responsible investment, investors will continue to divest and engage with companies in carbon-intensive sectors, and emerging investment opportunities in climate change will become an investment theme in 2016 ...

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... by 22 June. The inquiry is an opportunity for public discussion of how climate change will affect finance and economic policy as well as behaviours across the economy. The vote was welcomed by investment, environment and climate disclosure bodies. "This ...

Mirvac to build industrial estate with sustainability features

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... environmentally friendly design to Calibre is guided by both external feedback from clients and by Mirvac's internal sustainability policy, This Changes Everything. "The industrial markets are very competitive, and it's all about cubic capacity of the ...

Mercer hires Yolanda Beattie as practice leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... leader of Mercer's Talent Business in the Pacific. "Yolanda brings a wealth of knowledge of best-practice gender equity policy and practices from her time at WGEA," Adams said. "Over the past couple of years we have collaborated closely with Yolanda ...

Governance Institute issues guide for political donation policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... regulatory environment as well as potential reputational risks, according to the Governance Institute. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute The Governance Institute has issued a corporate governance guide, outlining issues that company ...

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... currently establishing the extent to which future regulation will impact their business, CDP noted. "The science and the policy have never been clearer," said Paul Simpson, chief executive officer of CDP. "Greenhouse gas emissions must decrease to net ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... signed, sustainability experts believe that during 2016, companies will begin to match their rhetoric with their strategy and policy and concrete commitments to reduce carbon emissions and exposures. "This will be a big area of focus in the coming year ...