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Majority of Asia-Pacific investors expect to integrate ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... investors in the Asia Pacific region are aligning their ESG investment framework with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Data and technology costs remain barriers to ESG integration, but investors are optimistic, with over half predicting up ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets ambitious investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Initiative co-chair and CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). "We have really strongly brought the SDGs front and centre to this, in addition to climate change. They're inextricably linked. That's a broadening of the remit ...

Constructing an impact portfolio as stand-alone strategy: Nuveen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... for longer, how do you make that more scalable and sustainable? Second is, we do tie in the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs, we have certainly articulated our impact themes in light of the SDGs, and each of our verticals to the SDGS, no poverty ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... While the EU/Australia FTA is only in the negotiation stage, the draft agreement includes language and commitments around the SDGs and action on climate change, including commitments made as part of the Paris Agreement. While Paris Agreement commitments ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... better decisions and leading the solutions that are laid out in the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." Hewson is an economic and financial expert with experience in academia, business, government and the financial system. ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Brand said. "There's probably two big drivers - one is about sustainability broadly and the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs," Brand said. "Our clients have certainly been very interested in mapping their investment portfolios against the impacts ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... 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 to find innovative financing for Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development ...

Bank Australia issues $125 million sustainability bond linked to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... issued a three-year, $125 million sustainability bond linked to three of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This marks not only the first time that Bank Australia has issued a bond, but also the first time a customer-owned bank ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... a practical guide to assist companies in better measure and report on their impacts on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new publication, Integrating the SDGs into Corporate Reporting: A Practical Guide, helps companies of all sizes "to prioritize ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... investment decision making process and to consider sustainability-themed opportunities. "The [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs have been a big influencer on that," Cheang said. "Since the release of the SDGs, actors across the value chain are signing ...