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The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... needs to be metrics with more comparability and transparency across the industry, said Mark Peacock, director of impact investing at SVA. "It's challenging, of course, because it's a market that is reasonably fragmented, and lots of providers approach ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Human rights are a growing concern amongst global investors. As investing becomes more transparent, owning companies that breach global conventions on human rights carries greater reputational risk, which can potentially have a material impact on company ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... fund a program to pilot social impact bonds (SIBs). Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia As part of the 2016/2017 Victorian budget, the Andrews Labor government has provided $700,000 ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... manager for ESG carbon, controversies and sustainable impact products at MSCI. "The idea was to apply some of the impact investing principles to the listed equity space." The MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics allow investors to "measure their exposure ...

PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Reporting on impacts and outcomes would be a flow on in parallel to the work that investors will do out, for example, in investing in the transition to a low carbon economy, Reynolds said. In terms of regional developments, PRI has integrated the Association ...

Australian Ethical hires Michael Murray

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... to working with an organisation that is 100% dedicated to ethical investment and using my experience in sustainable investing to deliver market-leading results for investors," Murray said. "Australian Ethical is the leader in the Australian ethical investing ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... in recent years and their "keen interest" in corporate sustainability and a values-based approach. "I think ethical investing is an area that I think is only going to become increasingly important to investors," Pedley said. "Bear in mind that millennials ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... specialist at Robeco Hong Kong. Ronnie Lim, senior investment specialist at Robeco Hong Kong. Robeco integrates sustainable investing into its process, which Lim defined as a set of investment decisions that consider ESG criteria to generate long term ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... investors are values-based investors that come at ESG from the point of view of an ethical standpoint - the way their investing aligns with an institution set of values. These people look at ESG data and come at it with a particular set of standards ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) catalogue of performance metrics, which is an initiative of the Global Impact Investing Network (The GIIN). New Forests announced the new framework as part of its published 2015 sustainability report, and highlighted ...