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bankmecu, Foresters Community Finance partner on loan scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... safe and secure products, they also want a responsible return. Part of the way we can get that responsible return is by investing in projects with community organisations." Lynch emphasised that any organisation that came to bankmecu as part of this ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... for a similar mandate in Australia. "In international equities, we have an allocation to a specialist thematic manager investing in low carbon industries like clean tech, energy efficiency, good sustainable products etc.," he said. "It doesn't invest ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... rewarded for sharing information, coordinating with others, experimenting, making mistakes, and innovating. Three, not investing in capabilities to build a learning organization that is able to organically adapt to, and take advantage of, disruptive ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... recommended to the review panel that the CEFC focus on addressing the underlying factors that tipped the balance against investing in projects that had gotten to the point of needing commercial investment. "If you look at the comments from stakeholders ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... that would make their eyes glaze over." Additionally, SROI may also be misleading that many of the impacts of social investing are not felt for many years as the funding and the subsequent programs that are funded unrolls through a community. "I think ...

LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... owner and so we're longer term.... [J]ust like every sector, super funds have to gain a license to operate. We are here investing on behalf of member; our members are strongly involved in the area of sustainability work. We find what we do gives a line ...

New South Wales announces first social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... to manage the risk return ratio and offer three tiers of risk, essentially. That's what we've needed in social impact investing- a tiered approach." Now that Westpac, CBA and the Benevolent Society have been tapped, the next phase of negotiations with ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... StatewideSuper, Syntrus Achmea Asset Management, The Central Church Fund of Finland, The Church of England National Investing Bodies, Trillium Asset and Wespath Investment Management.

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and can contribute to the overall long-term and sustainable development of both the economy and our society. Hence, investing in ESG-compliant companies is also consistent with our own public role." "This is a significant milestone for both MSCI and ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... these investments." Green sukuks will potentially meet the interest in both Shari'ah complaint securities and ethical investing, said Michael Grifferty of the Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association. "Green sukuks also support national development strategies ...