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Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... and the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF-Australia), which provides funding to study innovative and more sustainable farming techniques to positively impact on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Catalyst began in 2008 with 19 farmers, and at current ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... ingredient responsibility and its relationship to company sustainability, according to research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology. Source: Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has launched the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The fund "invests in companies with sound sustainability profiles and avoids companies that are vulnerable to long-term earnings risk from sustainability weaknesses," ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... "if you look at a business model,, If it relies on underpaid workers, and slavery, most likely those earnings aren't sustainable over time," Carlsson-Sweeny noted. "Whether you look at slavery per se or human rights more broadly, the starting point is ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... didn't provide enough to accurately capture concepts like improving impact on mental health, reliance on welfare, sustainable work/life, Oppes said. For QBE Insurance, which manages the Premiums4Good program, selecting investments for the portfolio means ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... as urbanisation, globalisation, climate change, and resource security and as such, digitalization must now become sustainable. "At the moment, the discussion around digitalization is a very immature discourse," Carter said. "People talk about job automation ...

Companies engage with material human rights issues: BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
Nearly two thirds of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) member organisations consider human rights material, but only 23% of companies mention a specific human rights strategy in their sustainability reports. Andrew Petersen ...

BlackRock Real Assets names Charlie Reid to lead Asia-Pac renewables

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... Reid said. "I am excited to extend our world-class renewable energy platform to the region and to continue to provide sustainable, long-term value for our clients." BlackRock Renewable Power, a dedicated franchise under BlackRock Real Assets, has US$5 ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... driver for us," Carlsson-Sweeney said. "The stocks we've shorted are the ones typically excluded from Ausbil's Active Sustainable Share Fund. That fund excludes companies we think aren't meeting minimum ESG hurdles, as well as companies with material ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Sustainable Business Australia has announced that Dr John Hewson will be the organisation's new chair-elect to its board. Andrew Petersen, CEO, Sustainable Business Australia "Dr Hewson joining Sustainable Business Australia as chair comes at crucial ...