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Implementing impact investment across asset classes

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... really still an environmental space, in terms of actual transactions and volume, in tends to fall more in depth finance to social enterprises," said McCutchan. The other aspect McCutchan pointed out is that impact investment is more than doing a good ...

Evergen to pilot program installing system with SGCH

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... by the Office of Environment, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and SGCH to deliver an innovative solution for social and affordable housing tenants. The systems, which are in the process of being installed, will have solar PV's installed on ...

EY issues call to action to companies over social license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
EY has challenged Australian companies to take a hard look at whether they are maintaining their social license to operate or if they are running a "corporate trust deficit." Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader EY recently ...

New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
A majority of New Zealanders believe that it is important that KiwiSaver funds consider environmental, social and/or ethical factors, according to the results of a survey for the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor ...

Australia, NZ assets perform strongly in GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... range of business activities including operations of ports, airports, toll roads, conventional and renewable energy and social infrastructure. Fund performance results are overall strong, with an average fund score of 54 out of 100, while the overeall ...

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 ...