1. Fitting the green building blocks together
(Views and analysis/Environment)

...ction subsidiary Bovis Lend Lease, has been active in the marketplace for a number of years. “The ANZ Centre is the third episode of our trilogy that started with 30 The Bond, which was followed ...

2. Doing the REIT thing
(Views and analysis/Environment)

...een buildings. Those specifying high ratings in their leaseholds include the major banks, such as ANZ (ASX: ANZ) – which has recently moved into a new building in Melbourne – resource companies s...

3. Lend Lease launches solar business
(Cleantech/Cleantech)

... of Australia’s first 5 and 6 star Green Star as-built 30 The Bond and The Gauge buildings and for the ANZ Centre in Melbourne. ...

4. ANZ, Australian Volunteers International announce Asia Pacific partnership
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ANZ and Australian Volunteers International (AVI) have announced a new partnership as part of ANZ’s staff volunteer program in the Asia Pacific region.   The partnership will commence with pilo

5. New banking models to take flight
(Views and analysis/CSR)

... launch of a service that looked at transforming how financial services are provided. In January 2009, ANZ (ASX: ANZ) launched a mobile banking and payments service in Cambodia under the trading name,...

6. Foul Weather Friends
(Views and analysis/Community)

...ng ethos of providing long-term contracts underpinned by strategic planning - adopted by AMP, Telstra, ANZ, and others - has allowed nonprofit funding to continue even as the GFC bites. &...

7. Top 50 companies fail to measure benefits of multi-billion dollar social Investments
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...eir disclosure and reporting on social investment, with the average score just 29 per cent.   ANZ (ASX: ANZ) was the top scorer with 67 per cent, followed by Westpac (ASX: WBC) at 62 per cent...

8. ANZ 2009 corporate responsibility review released
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...lty, and developing a new corporate responsibility framework were among the material issues covered in ANZ’s (ASX: ANZ) 2009 CR Review, published earlier this month.   Among some of the highlig...

9. Cadbury’s Green & Black’s to expand Fairtrade range
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...e of block chocolate and beverages range this year, Fairtrade Labelling Australia & New Zealand (FLANZ) said.    The commitment comes after Cadbury-Schweppes accepted a £11.9 billion ca...

10. Uniting Church funds have no plans to divest ANZ shares over Laos dam protest
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...Uniting Church in Australia’s investment arm UCA Funds Management has no plans to divest its shares in ANZ Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) on the basis that the bank is one of the financiers of the Theun-Hin...

11. Corporate community investment grows in 2009 - report
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...alia/New Zealand (LBG) in a report measuring community investment of 42 LBG member companies including ANZ, Australia Post, Foster’s Group, Mitchell Communication Group and Wesfarmers.   The ...

12. Government support enables ANZ to expand low-income saving program
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Federal government support will help ANZ, the Brotherhood of St Laurence, and other partners to more than double the reach of the Saver Plus matched savings and financial literacy program to an additi

13. ANZ launches fee-free not-for-profit banking
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ANZ has launched a new banking package with no monthly fee for not-for-profit community organisations. The ANZ Community Select package includes: no monthly fee on the transaction package and AN

14. ANZ launches new corporate responsibility framework
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ANZ launched a new corporate responsibility strategy, identifying five priorities: education and employment for disadvantaged communities; rural development; financial capability; responsible practice

15. GPT Group global real estate leader in DJSI
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... Of the 19 sectors only two Australian companies were announced as sector leaders, with ANZ in banking.   It's the sixth time GPT has been listed in the index and the first tim...

16. Rubik Financial becomes first ASX-listed carbon neutral company
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...have announced they would become carbon neutral, such as National Australia Bank, News Corporation and ANZ, but most have set targets of 2010 or with respect to ANZ December this year.   For th...

17. Australian Charities Fund says second workplace giving study underway
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...nce November 2008, and is estimated for completion in October 2009. It is led by the ACF together with ANZ, Goldman Sachs JBWere, Mallesons Stephen Jaques and the Centre for Social Impact. ...

18. Global companies asked to sign Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change
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...in Copenhagen this December.   It hopes the communiqué, already signed by major companies Allianz, GE, Johnson & Johnson, Philips, Reckitt Benkiser, Shell, Skanska, Standard Chartered, Te...

19. Energy Australia, Sensis, ABC win sixth Corporate Responsibility Index Awards
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...lia was singled out for being the best performer, followed by Boral (ASX:BLD), Minter Ellison Lawyers, ANZ (ASX: ANZ) and Foster’s Group (ASX: FGL). Sensis was the best new entrant and ABC made the be...

20. UNPRI: Are investors taking the initiative?
(Views and analysis/Investment)

...th the goal of verifying all signatories at least once every three years. Frank Jan de Graaf of the Hanze School of Business in the Netherlands sees a persistent, systemic problem for responsible in...

21. UNPRI: GREENWASH OR GREEN FIX?
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...th the goal of verifying all signatories at least once every three years. Frank Jan de Graaf of the Hanze School of Business in the Netherlands sees a persistent, systemic problem for responsible in...

22. Campaign groups target Gunns in Financial Times ad
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... their profits" if they finance the $2.2 billion mill. Gunns is now looking for overseas finance after ANZ withdrew its financial backing for the project.   "It's littered with lies," a G...

23. Measuring investment’s social impact
(Views and analysis/Community)

...round what their projects are actually achieving, both for the community and for the business. At ANZ (ASX: ANZ), we use the LBG model to measure the total financial value of contributions, inclu...

24. Measuring investment’s social impact
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...round what their projects are actually achieving, both for the community and for the business. At ANZ (ASX: ANZ), we use the LBG model to measure the total financial value of contributions, inclu...

25. The battle for ethical brands
(Views and analysis/CSR)

...products,” says Cameron Neil, operations manager at Fairtrade Labelling Australia & New Zealand (FLANZ). “They don’t seem to have turned away from it at all. ”An interesting paradox could ...

26. Banks top women’s employer-of-choice list
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...er cent, 5.1 per cent lower than the national average.   In its release, the EOWA highlighted ANZ’s Diversity Council, which introduced a Global Diversity Scorecard including stretch targets ...

27. Australian banks best in world at managing climate-change risk
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...succeeded in providing innovative products.   Co-leaders in terms of 'total climate score' are ANZ (ASX: ANZ) and Westpac (ASX: WBC). Two European banks, HBOS and UBS, were among the top-posit...

28. Gunns incurs investor wrath after pulp mill gets conditional nod
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...pact on Bass Strait. The biggest hurdle now facing Gunns continues to be financing the mill, after ANZ pulled potential funding late last year. Now, according to an exclusive report in The Age , t...

29. Corporate community investment rising, expected to defy downturn
(News/News)

...cipating companies is expected to top $370. LBG Steering Group chair Michelle Commandeur, from the ANZ, said it is encouraging to see significant growth in interest by companies in measuring and b...

30. Animals Australia
(Useful Links/Animal welfare)

...Australia is the Australian arm of the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Animal Societies Inc. (ANZFAS). It was founded in 1980 by Professor Peter Singer (author of 'Animal Liberation') and Chr...

31. ANZ finds financial literacy gap still pronounced. costly
(News/News)

...ation and low income earners are significantly behind the rest of the community in financial literacy, ANZ said in its annual urvey of financial literacy, published 8 October. ANZ CEO Mike Smith sa...

32. ANZ finds financial literacy gap still pronounced. costly
(News/News)

...ation and low income earners are significantly behind the rest of the community in financial literacy, ANZ said in its annual urvey of financial literacy, published 8 October. ANZ CEO Mike Smith ...

33. ANZ finds financial literacy gap still pronounced. costly
(News/News)

...ation and low income earners are significantly behind the rest of the community in financial literacy, ANZ said in its annual urvey of financial literacy, published 8 October. ANZ CEO Mike Smith ...

34. ASX 100 constituents improve CO2 reporting, but ill prepared for ETS
(News/News)

...te. The following companies were selected for the GSJBW CLi for the second year running: AGL Energy; ANZ Banking Group; BHP Billiton; Boral; Coca-Cola Amatil; Foster’s Group; Insurance Australia Gro...

35. NAB one of the best global emissions reporters
(News/News)

...ons data. Out of a possible score of 100, NAB tied with Barclays, Merrill Lynch and Munich Re on 98. ANZ was a point behind on 97, Westpac on 95 and Commonwealth Bank well off the pace on 64. BHP ...

36. AGL Energy dumped from Dow Jones sustainability index
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...p 5 per cent on last year, to be the best in the world gambling sector for the second year in a row. ANZ was ranked the most sustainable bank globallyand was the the only Australian company to be na...

37. Origin, AGL maintain green electricity leadership
(News/News)

...hat its climate neutral project with the AFL had won it 26,000 new green electricity customers. Also, ANZ stated that its new green electricity bill would be an additional $76 m. Ethical Investo...

38. ANZ nicks Westpac's top sustainable bank spot
(News/News)

Tha annual review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) has meant a changing of the guard with ANZ taking Westpac's place as the banking sector leader globally. ANZ says it achieved a score

39. Biofuels bonanza turning sour – Insight
(News/News)

A research report published this week on the prospects of the biofuels sector by leading European sustainable investment specialists Insight, says that despite strong policy drivers for the developm

40. Goldman Sachs JBWere launches donor – designated philanthropic vehicle
(News/News)

...managed by Goldman Sachs JBWere (GSJBW) and donors are able to recommend beneficiaries to the trustee, ANZ Trustees. The account name for the endowment can also be chosen by the donor and the corpu...

41. Low hanging climate change fruit? It’s home insulation - ICANZ
(News/News)

...ange (IPCC) call for energy efficient buildings the Insulation Council of Australia and New Zealand (ICANZ) says home insulation should be step one. The IPCC’s fourth report stated: ‘Energy efficie...

42. IAG AWARDED FOR MAKING CLIMATE CHANGE ITS BUSINESS
(News/News)

...orp-Metway; Special Award for Corporate Governance, Wesfarmers and Special Award for Labour Relations, ANZ Banking Group. The announcement the top award to Insurance Australia Group stated: ...

43. EIA Conference breaks SRI Innovation drought
(News/News)

... launch of the Crescent Ethical MDA, managed by Intrinsic Asset Management. Intrinsic is run by former ANZ Funds Management executive Glen Woolley who has formed a joint venture with a small Islamic c...

44. Women rare at the top of finance industry
(News/News)

...ludes: Insurance Australia Group Limited, Credit Union Australia, Savings & Loans Credit Union (S.A.), ANZ, Westpac, Citibank and the Commonwealth Bank. ...

45. ANZ moves into micro loans zone
(News/News)

ANZ Bank and the Brotherhood of St Laurence yesterday announced the launch of a pilot for small loans to people on welfare. The "Progress Loans" pilot is a small loans program providing low-incom

46. ANZ moves five rungs up corporate responsibility ladder
(News/News)

...rd year running Westpac has taken the accolades in the Corporate Responsibility Index, with Toyota and ANZ following close behind, it was announced yesterday. David Morgan, Westpac’s Chief Executiv...

47. BASIX backdown backlash unleashed
(News/News)

...SIX [Building Sustainability Index],’ Ray Thompson, Insulation Council of Australia and New Zealand (ICANZ) technical committee chairman announced this week. ‘We are calling on the NSW government...

48. ACF reckons enviro impacts under-assessed in loan financing
(News/News)

...house emissions and water use of the large corporate customers of the worst performing banks including ANZ, NAB and BNP Paribas are more than twice those of the best performing banks, according to the...

49. ANZ’s financial literacy program goes online
(News/News)

A new online extension to the ANZ-backed Money Minded financial literacy program for adults was launched earlier this month. The Money Minded program has been developed since 2004 as a resource f

50. Banks not genuine about community finance – academic
(News/News)

...munity – giving ‘$2 for every 1 dollar’ – and the ‘Federal Government $6 for $1.’ Following on, the ANZ Bank took the step of acknowledging the big banks’ desertion of rural customers as well as lo...