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ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... insurers, superannuation funds, investment managers and banks that are developing an Australian Sustainable Financial Roadmap with the end goal of realigning the financial services sector to support greater social, environmental and economic outcomes ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... good disclosure look like on corporate engagement, for example," O'Connor said. "It's come up in the Sustainable Finance Roadmap globally, and we anticipate that it's going to come through in the ASFI work as well."

Investment in climate-related opportunities grow: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
Investor appetite for climate-related investment opportunities continues to grow, with 90% of investors surveyed by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) saying they are implementing low carbon strategies. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets working groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative has established the technical working groups that will set the roadmap for "realigning the finance sector to support greater social, environmental and economic outcomes for the country." Simon O'Connor ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets ambitious investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... structures where possible. "These are areas that are advantageous for us to work on. What we're trying to set out is a roadmap that crosses electoral cycles." The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative will deliver an Australian Sustainable Finance ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched SDG Impact, an initiative designed to help channel private investment and capital into the achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "As outlined in the Secretary-General's vision ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... driving the region's leadership. To illustrate, the sector has explicitly acknowledged the importance of the Carbon Positive Roadmap for buildings that was released by the Green Building Council of Australia earlier this year, which aims to ensure Australia's ...

Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... System for Australia and New Zealand calls on organisations across the finance sector to support a Sustainable Finance Roadmap - a set of recommendations across policy, regulation and finance practices that helps the finance sector contribute systematically ...

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... our approach. Since then, we've developed a human rights statement for the business, we've developed an ethical sourcing roadmap, and an ethical suppler code of conduct. They're all on our website under the sustainability and CSR section, and my view ...

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... working on financial literacy, inclusion and empowerment- it's one of the key elements of our corporate responsibility roadmap, which was signed off by the board almost three years ago now, said Kirsten Simpson, manager, corporate responsibility at VicSuper. ...