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Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... consistent with the work of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI), which will issue a sustainable finance roadmap for Australia later this year. "I think there are ways and means of doing that," O'Connor said. "It comes down to first ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... investment power we have a far better ability to do that." King joined NGS Super in 2018, and has worked on the fud's ESG roadmap as part of her role. "Our first cab off the rank was aligning the fund to the ACSI stewardship code, which meant making ...

Industry coalition organises Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... collateral, short selling, stakeholder involvement, and innovation. "PSSL is the council's first attempt of offering a clear ESG roadmap to the securities lending market. Over time the ICSF expects to develop these principles in line with the ongoing ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... tell them how it's comprised, and we can refer to SASB and say this is what we're scoring you off of, and here is the roadmap to improve your score. SSGA assesses companies' corporate governance performance based off of corporate governance codes in ...

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 ...