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Victorian government boosts Good Money funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy, Good Shepherd Microfinance has previously said. Last year, Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB also published results of research ...

GRESB launches real estate debt survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... their primary investment strategy as debt," GRESB said. The survey will assess governance issues around fund management, policy and disclosure, and will also apply sustainability assessment at the collateral and borrower level, which GRESB notes are ...

ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... sake of it -it's information that investors use to make decisions about investments in companies." ACSI has continued its policy of "name and shame" on laggards who have provided no reporting on sustainability risks for four or more consecutive years. ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... to tightening standards around transparency. "... AODP decided to remove credit in the ratings methodology for general policy commitments that in reality had no evidence of execution or implementation," the report said. "With no meaningful points for ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and economic sustainability risks and the board skills matrix, are prompting discussion. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute Last year, ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council published a third edition of the Corporate ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Australian market at the moment, Northern Trust said. "We've actually created a risk oversight framework and a risk oversight policy, and we've implemented it for certain clients," Sarr said. "In the risk oversight framework, we are able to factor in ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... scenarios, low carbon energy R&D and investment, executive incentivisation during the low carbon transition, and public policy activity relating to climate change," according to a statement from the Church of England. CDP is not formally affiliated with ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Rebelo said. "There has been a huge increase in the number of ESG inquiries - super funds are thinking, what should our policy be and how do we incorporate low carbon strategies? The ESG theme is becoming more prominent, based on my discussions." Globally ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
New Forests has rolled out a first-ever responsible investment policy and reported total assets under management of AU$2.5 billion in its 2014 sustainability report. New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, also implemented ...

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... from existing Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) project owners. The ERF is the centrepiece of the Direct Action Plan (DAP) policy passed by Parliament in October last year. The DAP and ERF establish a baseline and credit scheme and liable entities will ...