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Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "For government funds, the decision has been based on the fact that owning stock is incompatible with government policy. There are a variety of reasons, and because of this, [divestment] is going to happen." King's campaign is solely aimed at divestment ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... The CFI was left untouched by the repeal, and is part of the government's Direct Action Plan (DAP) and the centrepiece policy initiative, the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). "If a company has a contract to buy [Renewable Energy Credits] RECs or CFI credits ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... capacity building or support of grant funding to fledgling social enterprises at the demand level because a lot of the policy points are more concerning the flow of capital, which is understandable. But from a broader social policy perspective, it would ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open SA Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  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 said. Good Shepherd Microfinance's provider network includes 246 community organisations across ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... recommends that investors understand the potential loss of value from poorly negotiated underwriting agreements and develop a policy on capital raisings as well as query board oversight of the process. The report also recommends that rule makers such ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... of Mercer's responsible investments for Asia Pacific. "In light of new industry requirements to publish a proxy voting policy and disclose voting results, Alexis will also add her expertise to our advisory work on governance, voting and engagement. Alexis' ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... methodologies in different places that can suit the traditional owners." The coalition government's major climate change policy initiative is the repeal of the current carbon pricing mechanism and the establishment of the DAP. The DAP's major vehicle ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... practitioners at the coal face are frustrated with the slow pace of change, the lack of leadership at the top and the public policy environment," said Leeora Black, ACCSR managing director. This year's review coincides with ACCSR's ten-year anniversary ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... quantitative, value, international equities, etc. What AMP Capital have done is either engage with companies or contributed to a policy discussion, for example through our participation in the Investor Group on Climate Change, to manage that governance ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... risk framework. "We have an ESG risk framework that very much guides our decision making and in particular our credit risk policy across the bank, and our positions around who we lend to, the types fo project we lend to," Toohill said. "We evolve those ...