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HNW, UHNW "do not deeply consider ESG issues": Crestone wealth report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... where you actually proactively invest with a desire to address some global needs and that aligns more with the United Nations SDGs and the fourth pillar of impact investing, a real desire to see a tangible outcome from an investment. We do see that from ...

HESTA allocates $20 million to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... much broader impact we can have for members by aligning investments with seven strategic UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including how we can help make cities and communities more sustainable and inclusive." The Nightingale investment is the ...

G7 Ministers statement supports growth of the impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... impact investing market as a "meaningful and efficient financing approach" to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the statement, ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States also said ...

Christian Super acquires stake in responsAbility Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... space for over a decade," said Ross Piper, CEO of Christian Super. "We share a strong values alignment and a focus on the SDGs as a framework for investing capital for financial return and meaningful impact. Our investment in responsAbility follows on ...

Factor investing such as ESG strategies can be wise approach: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... investing strategies, including the potential test for the investment thesis and how ESG investing through the goals of the SDGs might perform. "If we look at where the largest portion of that growth in assets has occurred, it's been pretty recently ...

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. ...