.jpg) Australia’s nonprofits need increased government funding to deliver better community services and should operate under improved regulatory oversight, the Productivity Commission said in its final report, released 10 February. The commission recommended the government consider "financial innovation" in the sector - the establishment of an advisory panel chaired by the Treasury to consider and assess developing a sustainable market for nonprofit debt products.
All this and more on nonprofit finance in Ethical Investor 90 (March) out 26 February. Email
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 In a much-anticipated move, Australia-founded US-based solar energy equipment developer Ausra announced it had sold itself to French nuclear energy company AREVA.
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 Most real estate funds and companies are not yet actively managing their environmental impacts, according to a new report by Maastricht University’s European Centre for Corporate Engagement, commissioned by APG Asset Management, PGGM Investments and the UK’s Universities Superannuation Scheme.
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 Australian Super has removed its ethical screen for its $270 million Australian Sustainable Share and Sustainable Balanced options, citing the need to meet its fiduciary duty to members and to smooth out volatile returns. The country’s largest super fund said it instead wants to ensure members continue to be provided with “sustainable investment options” that are both competitive and have the potential to provide strong long-term growth.
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 Ervin Graf founded Stockland in 1952 wanting to "not merely achieve growth and profits but to make a worthwhile contribution to thedevelopment of our cities and great country". Today the winner of the 2009 Australian Sustainability Awards, hosted by Ethical Investor, is putting its founder’s vision into action with a measured approach to environmental, social and governance issues across its operations.
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 Lonsec has observed a continued shift away from the traditional ethical approach to investing and toward a more focused ESG and sustainable investment approach. Of the seven funds included in the awards process, only one failed to beat its respective benchmark over three years to October 2009. (Photo: Steve Sweeney of Lonsec, the Fund of the Year's judge).
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A sharp focus on the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process, effective management of its own social and environmental impacts and a high degree of engagement and collaboration with its peers all add up to a winning formula for HESTA (Health Employees Superannuation Trust Australia).
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 For many investors an essential question regarding clean technology is which one will be commercialised and when? Dyesol (ASX: DYE) is an Australian company that is now jumping the hurdle of commercialisation, having developing third-generation solar technology that works. It is also a company that is punching above its weight in sustainable business practice.
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.jpg) Australia has been ranked fourth last in an assessment of the actions being taken by industrialised and emerging countries on climate change, according to a survey by the WWF. The survey came as the chief negotiator for China and the small African nations at Copenhagen accused Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of not matching government action with rhetoric.
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