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GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... and the United States," GRESB said. Lowik has also worked for Deutsche Bank. "I am excited to join GRESB, the industry standard for sustainability assessment with a now expanded scope to a broader range of real assets," Lowik said. "I look forward to ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Investors and companies are working to assess, evaluate and plan to integrate the goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a process supported by a wide variety of stakeholders on all side of the process. Alice Cope, executive ...

Westpac Group issues $500m climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... low carbon commercial properties, Westpac said. The underlying asses have all been certified under the Climate Bonds Standard, and the commercial properties are five-stars or higher under the NABERS rating system. The Westpac Climate Bond is the first ...

Australia to implement EITI standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... company payments and government revenues from oil, gas, and mining. The preparations for joining EITI and implementing the standard for Australian companies is being carried out during the election period, noted Phil Newman, CEO of Transparency International ...

AXA IM Smart Beta fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... governance, program requirements, criteria and verification processes. The certification should be seen as a quality standard, rather than a proscribed list, RIAA has told The Sustainability Report. The new certification was launched last year, and more ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) is increasing its disclosure of climate change risks by expressing its exposures to fossil fuels as a percentage of assets under management. Pablo Berrutti,head of responsible investment Asia Pacific ...

Companies exposed to water scarcity risks: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Globally, companies that are exposed to water scarcity risks are managing those risks poorly, according to research from Sustainalytics. Sustainalytics has published Water Scarcity: Will Investors Be Left High and Dry?, which points to three key contextual ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Australia needs "comprehensive, evidence-based law reform" to maximise the benefits of corporate whistleblowing, according to the leaders of a multi-stakeholder research project. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute Researchers from Griffith ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Investors and corporations agree that materiality analysis is important to define "the most important sustainability issues," according to research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and RobecoSAM. GRI and RobecoSAM have published Defining What ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Tax transparency is an issue for investor consideration as part of an overall environmental, social and governance (ESG) approaches, but the extent to which tax transparency is material depends on investment beliefs and investment approaches. Investors ...