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AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... has launched its 2030 ESG strategy for its real estate business, addressing climate change, waste, biodiversity, social impact, accessibility and supply chain sustainability. Chris Nunn, head of sustainability, real estate, at AMP Capital "We're seeing ...

HESTA allocates $20 million to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... and inclusive." The Nightingale investment is the single biggest commitment HESTA has made through the Fund's $70m Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT). SVA manages SIIT, with investments designed to provide both a risk-adjusted market-based return ...

Insight Investment applies traffic light analysis to green, impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... when assessing a potential bond, Impact Investment also seeks activities that provide additional environmental or social impact ahead of business as usual, Kendall said. "When people look at the green bond, they say saves carbon, reduces emission, and ...

Impact Investment Partners on Indigenous Infrastructure Investment Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... previous work with government entities and community groups, we started to work out what are the common indicators of social impact," Croker said. "We've developed that over many years now. They're aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals and in Australia ...

Dhaka, Colombo stock exchanges launch guides for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), have launched technical guidance guides to listed companies with recommendations on best practice for sustainability reporting. GRI provided technical input to the guides, and both ...

Teachers Mutual Bank receives RIAA certification for products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... banking. "Bank Australia have their retail lending and deposit products certified, and Community Sector Banking's social impact deposit account is certified," O'Connor noted. "We're really seeing that it's a shift from responsible investment to responsible ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... can co-exist, over half (52%) of Australian business leaders invest in initiatives they hope will have a positive social impact to generate new revenue streams, while 9% say they do so to meet shareholder expectations. The survey also showed that 57% ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... afterthought, but it's very much a secondary objective." For Social Ventures Australia, a not-for-profit that invests in social impact assets, the managing for impact is central to the organisation's mission, said Alex Oppes, manager, impact investing ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... what they can do toward improving social and environmental issues," said Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group and The Portland Trust. "There comes a time when they can no longer talk only about making money." ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... appropriate reporting and performance targets, encouraging adequate deal flow, and finding projects that generate social impact as well as projects generating environmental impact. A panel of experts discussed the results of Responsible Investment Association ...