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ACCR files shareholder resolution with BHP over industry associations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... company to suspend its memberships in industry associations which obstruct climate policy in Australia. Brynn O'Brien, executive director, ACCR ACCR is joined by Vision Super (Australia), a not-for-profit community super fund with around 100,000 members ...

Retail investors would accept lower returns for ethical performance: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... 'reputation' ahead of 'recent dividends', 69% when deciding which companies to invest in. Retail investors also said that executive remuneration is a major trigger for selling - paying leadership and executives fairly does not drive shareholders to purchase ...

Investment in climate-related opportunities grow: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) saying they are implementing low carbon strategies. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) IGCC has released its new report, Accelerating Change, which surveyed ...

Companies increase ESG reporting, but "glaring gaps" remain: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... contractors." The report also found that 67 companies disclosed no safety information, including eight companies that pay executive bonuses based on safety outcomes. This lack of information is out of step with investor expectations, ACSI said. "We were ...

HESTA allocates $20 million to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... buyers, affordable housing clients and those working in key community occupations. Michael Lynch, Michael Lynch, SVA Executive Director, Impact Investing, and Debby Blakey, HESTA CEO (Image supplied by HESTA/SVA) Nightingale Village is a 185-apartment ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking completes CFSGAM purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... CFSGAM and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking. It is expected that the Board will be expanded to include independent non-executive directors in the coming year, MUFG said. "Today marks an important day for our business," said Mark Steinberg, CFSGAM chief ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets working groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... 4: Meeting community and consumer expectations, and putting people at the centre of finance's purpose. Chris Newton, executive director responsible investment, IFM Investors, and Emma Pringle, head of customer governance and sustainability, BT Financial ...

CEFC provides $120 million finance for Curtin University development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... the overall impact of the development on the environment," said Werner von Guionneau, InfraRed Capital Partners chief executive. The Exchange development will "drive a new benchmark for universities seeking to create inspiring, sustainable integrated ...

Responsible investment a fundamental practice in NZ: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... growing the market and more about deepening the practices of responsible investment," said Simon O'Connor, RIAA chief executive. "What's good to see that it's shifting from just a focus on negative screening - to a real deepening of practices across ...

RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... products, the focus of the industry is shifting towards demonstrating quality and impact, said Simon O'Connor, RIAA chief executive. "Now our focus shifts from saying, we're growing the market and getting bigger, towards a much stronger focus on what ...