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CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... its Australian Infrastructure Fund," said Ian Learmonth CEFC CEO. "Infrastructure assets are central to our economic and social well-being. They are usually large, expensive and built for the long term. It is absolutely critical that the assets of today ...

Mercer hires three consultants to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Investment. Stamp comes to Mercer from KPMG, where he spent three years working as a senior consultant in KPMG's human rights and social impact team, KPMG Banarra. At KPMG, Stamp worked with clients across FMCG, real estate, natural resources, financial ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Barker of Minter Ellison noted that the sections in question in SPS 530 were paragraphs 34-36, covering environmental, social and governance issues, particularly paragraph 36, which refers to "a prudent RSE licensee would be mindful of exposing the interests ...

Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... oncologist Dr Bronwyn King, believes investor engagement with the tobacco industry is futile because of its negative health and social repercussions. In the podcast episode she explains why international policy provides a framework to understand the ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... portfolios, the impact investment discipline has emerged as a powerful tool for investors seeking to engender positive social and environmental change. As asset owners start reviewing impact investments for portfolio inclusion, service providers are ...

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... ability to invest, Vamos noted. "It's' an economic issue, but it's also an investment issue, and of course, it's ultimately a social issue," she said. "The organisation itself may be better, more efficient, more cost effective, have higher productivity ...

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... sophisticated take on those, and they've become more diverse in terms of the assets they're funding and in terms of the social issues and environmental issues they're tackling." That recognition can also drive the financial services industry to seize ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... demonstrated that investors are given access to detailed information about how the Fund takes into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) and ethical issues in the investment process. "We are delighted to have our second ethical product ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank, has issued an AU$300 million Kangaroo social bond, the first of its kind. The Kangaroo social bond will be used to fund a program that "benefits women entrepreneurs and low-income ...

Deloitte survey finds procurement leaders lack visibility in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... won't solve the problem." The idea of engaging with suppliers to work to improve conditions goes to the heart of corporate social responsibility. "People who are trapped in slave-like practices in their work are usually people who are poor and economically ...