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Principles for Responsible Investment hire chief operating officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... to the PRI." Peter takes up his new role on 1 December. "The PRI has made a huge contribution to moving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into the forefront of the financial services sector but we know that there is still a great deal ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... number of impact investments over recent years in Australia, with the bulk of transactions consisting of debt finance to social enterprises, while domestically issued green bonds also showed increases in dollar value of impact investments, according ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... [consumer price inflation] CPI," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "That's a starting point - how could the industry possibly cover all social and environmental costs if the prices of garments don't even track CPI. To some extent, that has been mitigated by direct ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... company is in a role to assist communities, particularly indigenous communities, to renew. That basically means that the social impact of all of our projects is just as important as any other business metric. And we want of course when training up local ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Services and a convenor of the CISL Australian program. The CISL programs are geared to provide a framework for analysing social and environmental trends in relation to corporate issues, and the NED program builds on this, tailored to issues in on a ...

Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... investment technique in the development of optimised portfolios for clients. Northern Trust has also assessed environmental, social and governance (ESG) data as part of its research and factor-based portfolio construction, and clients in the US, Europe ...

Stockland reports on integrated sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... fundamentals right early." Looking forward, Stockland is considering the implications of measuring and reporting to metrics of social impact and shared value, Rooney said. "We finish our three year target cycle at the end of this financial year, and ...

Australian Ethical Investment engages on sustainability of meat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... investment case for a protein shake up', produced by the FAIRR Initiative and ShareAction. The briefing defines environmental, social and public health risks to the model of factory farming, which they believe financial markets are not valuing appropriately. ...

Louise Davidson joins International Integrated Reporting Council board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Union's non-financial information director, IIRC said. He has also been rapporteur on corporate reporting issues, including social responsibility, for years, and has served as lead MEP on corporate responsibility. Howitt will implement the IIRC board's ...

Emerald Wrap, Impact 20/80 form impact investing partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... align their investments to their values and bring customer choice." Impact 20/80 will source and develop investments with social and/or environmental impact as well as financial returns, and use the established platform of Emerald Wrap as a basis to ...