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HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... such as housing, and the social returns benchmarks are similarly flexible, HESTA has previously told The Sustainability Report. "Many of our members are familiar with the difficulty of accessing affordable housing and achieving home ownership," said ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Group. "The agreement is good, and it sets a clear objective for where parties want to go," Gerrard told The Sustainability Report. "In a perfect world, from a business perspective, having greater certainty around timeframes and time-bound objectives ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Money3 and Cash Converters because they're excluded companies for UCA Funds Management," Walsh told The Sustainability Report. "As a shareholder, I wrote to the auditor of each company, posing questions.... This is another signal that shareholders want ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Christian Super; Michael Salvatico, vice president of MSCI ESG Research; Rachel Alembakis, publisher, The Sustainability Report; Alice Cope, executive manager of the UN Global Compact Network Australia. Missing from photo: Ian Woods, head of ESG Investment ...

ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... knowledge and the skills and the capacities to get on with it." Editor's note: MSCI, in conjunction with The Sustainability Report, will host a panel discussion on Dec. 8 examining the investment risks and opportunities around human rights issues. For ...

South Australia passes building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... to the lessee resulting from the upgrade works during the period to which the contribution relates, The Sustainability Report has previously reported. South Australia is now the become the third state where EUAs/BUFs are offered - Victoria and New South ...

NZ Super publishes white paper on ESG beliefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... that some types of investment strategies lend themselves more to working in ESG issues," O'Connor told The Sustainability Report during an interview at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference. "We are always actively looking ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... activities to CDP. In 2014, Origin was scored 83/C for its reporting and management. CDP has previously told The Sustainability Report that globally, there are 12 listed power generation companies that score in the A band for their management of carbon ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Super to create one of Australia's largest public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner talks with The Sustainability Report about the fund's approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as part of the fund's investment process. Richard ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... into 23 cover notes, of which 14 policies have been paid and started, Good Shepherd Microfinance told The Sustainability Report. That pilot process provided a lot of learning for both Good Shepherd Microfinance and Suncorp, and in designing the final ...