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Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... account for 26% of all professionally managed assets globally, totaling US$22.82 trillion, according to the GSIA; Global Sustainable Investment Review 2016. In Australia, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)'s 2017 benchmark ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors has commissioned research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney that has led to the development of a packaging sustainability performance framework. David Gait, managing partner, Stewart ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report is pleased to present this article from Alison Atherton, Research Principal at Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney By Alison Atherton, Institute for Sustainable Futures When sustainable investors ...

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... issuers," PRI added. "As investors and regulators increasingly focus on the role of the debt market in facilitating sustainable finance, the findings of this report highlight how important our initiative is in building knowledge and fostering action," ...

Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... emissions; deforestation; water scarcity; antibiotic immunity; waste; working conditions; food safety; animal welfare and sustainable proteins. Out of the 36 companies with a combined market capitalisation of US$152 billion, three Australian companies ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... estrangement, and the Nanuk New World Fund, with $75 million in assets under management. The New World Fund employs a "core sustainable investing approach," which is sustainably themed, uses positive and negative screening and integrates ESG factors. ...

Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Alphinity Investment Management has launched the Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund (SSF), which "seeks to address the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda in its investment." Bruce Smith, principal and portfolio manager of the Alphininty ...

Future Super Renewables Plus option sees $50 million inflow in two weeks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... other unlisted asset opportunities. Future Super and 350.org recently commissioned research by the UTS Institute of Sustainable Futures (ISF) that showed that Australia could fund the country's transition to 100% renewable energy power by 2030 with an ...

CEFC provides finance to boost energy rating for Melbourne hotel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... performance improvements to achieve a 5-star NABERS rating." The CEFC finance for the Southbank project is part of its Sustainable Cities Investment Program, whose mission is to invest $1 billion into clean energy initiatives in Australian cities over ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... responsible investment, gave an update on responsible investment and impact investing as a way to reorient towards sustainable and inclusive growth. Worldwide, responsible investment is undergoing an evolution to integrate impact investing as part of ...