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The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... never been more important in shaping the global economic response to global issues captured by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate change, and the coronavirus crisis. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) held a virtual ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... companies do not forget about the vast opportunities that exist by directing finance towards to the Sustainable Development Goals and creating new marketplaces." Further, in the current moment where short-term value is completely disrupted, the focus ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... (University of Amsterdam). "The challenges facing the global community, as articulated through the Sustainable Development Goals and climate crisis - and heightened by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic - makes the mission of GRI more important than ever," ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... transaction. "One of the benefits of latest catalogue of IRIS is that the metrics align with the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs," Balit said. "A lot of the folks we're talking to are interested in understanding how their investments are aligned ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... with renewable energy. First Sentier's Sustainable Listed Infrastructure has identified relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that link to that thesis. "We think about the key SDGs that infrastructure can offer," Myatt said. "One of the largest ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... bank issued a three-year, $125 million sustainability bond linked to three of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It was not only Bank Australia's first bond, but also the first time a customer-owned bank in Australia has issued ...

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... ClimateSeed projects avoid or capture CO2, and also contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. IFC is a sister organisation to the World bank and is a global development institution. In the 2019 fiscal year, it ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... within the companies, on the premise that consideration of ESG issues and relevant targets from the Sustainable Development Goals will lead to "sustainable value creation and superior returns," according to First Sentier. "We really focus on five minimum ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... cannot tackle pressing global issues like poverty reduction, climate change and implementation of Sustainable Development Goals without a fair and adequate tax system. "There is growing anger around the world at governments' inability to deal with the ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... correlated to traditional assets, with low volatility. There's also a lot more discussion around the Sustainable Development Goals, and funds looking to integrate SDGs into the investment processes, and impact investing is clearly something that plays ...