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Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... define why an organisation is seeking to measure impact, said Piet Klopp, senior advisor responsible investment at PGGM Investments. PGGM is a EUR 215 pension fund service provider, and administers pensions to 4.2 million participants. Klopp is developing ...

GPIF selects S&P Down Jones Indices for ESG benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... investors have become increasingly aware of the need to understand, measure, and manage the environmental impacts of their investments, S&P Dow Jones Indices' ESG capabilities continue to fill the gaps and contribute to the growth of sustainable economies." ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... social and environmental performance, and to use the SDGs as the basis for engaging in untapped markets, generating investments in developing countries and navigating risks and opportunities."

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued its first report on climate risk disclosures by ASX300 companies. While the statistics discussed in the report are familiar to those who have read similar reports by investment bodies ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... look at climate change. If you look at a range of funds, from Future Super to Australian Super to Australina Ethical Investments, there is quite a bit of interest within the industry when it comes to managing climate risk. When we looked at it, one thing ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... ratings." The strategy was developed based on feedback from Towers Willis Watson clients and the general trend towards investments and strategies that minimise ESG risks and tilt towards ESG outperformance, Lew said. "We see this as a strategy that may ...

Local Government Super becomes signatory to Green Bond Pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... PIMCO "fully integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations in its investment practices; restricts investments in issuers who do not engage in acceptable practices; invests exclusively in highly-rated ESG stocks; and actively engages ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Building Council of Australia earlier this year, which aims to ensure Australia's competitiveness and attractiveness for investments while fulfilling international commitments to reducing carbon emissions." All Australian and New Zealand property companies ...

Nikko AM, ARK Investment Management launch innovation fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... "We believe this offers long-term growth without the high costs and illiquidity typically associated with similar investments accessed through venture capital funds." ARK is an affiliate of Nikko AM via an equity stake, which Nikko AM acquired in August ...

Australian National University selects Aberdeen Standard Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian National University (ANU) Endowment Fund has selected Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage an Australian fixed income strategy that integrates ESG. The strategy invests in active Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay - negative ...