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JBWere: private ancillary funds increase in size, distributions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... have 100% at our disposal? It makes you open to opportunities like impact investment, but most PAFs haven't taken that on board yet." See Also: Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... is in Johannesburg on 20 August, hosted by the South African Institute of Directors (IoD) and the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA). The papers consider "the nature of assurance and how different mechanisms contribute to credibility and ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... concentrated effort of Australian business leaders wanting to make a difference." The report notes that there 4.2% of ASX200 board members are from Asian backgrounds, but said that figure is "inflated by the number of Asian-based companies who are listed ...

ARENA fund Laing O'Rourke redeployable solar hybrid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... demonstration stage," Frischknecht said. "The speed at which this game-changing solution has progressed from the drawing board to the field is a testament to the clever Australian design and its potential to bring more renewable energy to off-grid Australia." ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
There is broad support for an expanded reporting framework proposed by the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), but stakeholders are calling for more clarification on alignment. Earlier this year, CDSB released a draft version of an expanded reporting ...

Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
A total of 43 ASX200 companies assured their sustainability data in 2013, according to research from Net Balance that also finds an emerging trend of companies assuring human rights disclosures in addition to environmental data. This is Net Balance's ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... morally incompatible with her job as an oncologist. She contacted the fund's executive and investment teams and finally their board, with the backing of the then-CEO of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Craig Bennett, and made what was the first presentation ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... the opportunity to engage with stakeholders around issues like investment beliefs, remuneration philosophy, even effective board performance. These things are quite fledgling in their development with some funds." Of the fourteen funds that did have ...

GRI names Michael Meehan new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... demonstrated entrepreneurial leadership, strategic vision, as well as significant management abilities, it is clear to the GRI Board that Michael is the ideal person to lead us forward. Michael shares GRI's vision of a sustainable global economy and ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... across the bank in shared value strategy, including products and markets - it's an educational process to bring them on board," said Paula Benson, general manager, corporate responsibility, NAB. "You see pockets of the organisation where people really ...