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VicSuper nabs three sustainability awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... sector. VicSuper was also awarded best SME report. The awards recognise the importance of integration of sustainable development into business strategy and excellence in environmental, social and sustainability financial reporting. "The significance ...

Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Sydney this morning. He speaks from experience, having served as director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Geneva and a senior adviser to the Secretary General of the U.N. Earth Summit in 1992. He has written a book titled ...

AMP hires environment, social governance expert

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... international consulting firm Proviti. At Proviti, he led a team advising blue-chip clients across the sustainable development agenda including climate change and carbon risk, greenhouse gas reporting and verification, emissions trading, investment analysis ...

Clean tech sector continues to expand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, that financial institutions and other companies worldwide would pursue sustainable development when markets settle. "The key issues that brought clean technology companies to prominence in the first place - ...

GRI sets up Australian base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... of the Corporate Responsibility Index and its partnership with the National Business Leader's Forum on Sustainable Development. The partnership aims to boost the profile of responsible business practice and reporting economic, environmental and social ...

Lord Stern launches carbon ratings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... transparency and certainty to the market." Ian Johnson, chair of IDEAcarbon and former vice president for Sustainable Development at the World Bank, said, "Our analysis shows that the concern of many investors is justified - carbon projects are risky ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... efficiency gains and discourage innovation. The price of investment protectionism is a slower pace of sustainable development." The organisation has encouraged countries to seek "other policy alternatives" before implementing fresh investment restrictions. ...

Oil rich city pours $17.1b in SRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... sector using energy innovation and leading technology. The project will cover carbon reduction schemes, sustainable development, research and development as well as solar, wind and hydrogen power. Sultan Ahmad Al Jaber, chief executive at Masdar, said ...

VicSuper CEO wins international sustainability award

... night. The International Sustainability Leadership Award is sponsored by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, SAM Group and Sustainable Performance Group. The award gives recognition to two people each year, one a leader with proven ...