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Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Investments from Newton Investment Management. She is also a main board director of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). She is also a member of the Market Committee Advisory Group of UKSIF. "We are delighted that Amanda has ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... class-specific modules covering listed equities, fixed income, private equity, property, infrastructure, and inclusive finance. PRI said an average signatory will need to complete five modules and 75 indicators. Signatories will begin reporting from ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Developing social enterprises can access funding between $10,000 -$30,000 through Foresters Community Finance's Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund was developed to fit the lending profile of social enterprises ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... assistance. It also encapsulates programs such as NAB's partnership with Good Shepherd Microfinance, which rolls out affordable finance to communities that have experienced financial exclusion. NAB has committed to providing fair and affordable finance ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... named the ministers who will comprise the new government. Joe Hockey has been named treasurer, with Mathias Cormann named finance minister, Arthur Sinodinos the new assistant treasurer responsible for superannuation and Steven Ciobo named parliamentary ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) AB, SNS Asset Management, Stichting Philips Pensioenfonds, Sustainalytics, Trucost, UNEP Finance Initiative, Union Investment, Unipension Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S, University of St. Andrews, and Vigeo.

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the NCD, the first Indian bank to do so," said Yuki Yasui, officer in charge of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, a co-convener of NCD. "As emerging markets such as India continue to grow it is important to better understand ...

Foresters Community Finance starts social entrepreneur fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has launched a fund aimed at providing financing for early stage social enterprises. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund is geared towards providing social enterprise entrepreneurs with access to capital for improving ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... availability of long-term capital for low-carbon infrastructure. "The structural need for increased future flows of climate finance needs to be routinely incorporated into financial frameworks to ensure at a minimum that these do not hamper expansion ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Scott Bosckay, chief executive of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund, which is the administrator of environmental upgrade finance on behalf of the City of Melbourne. "Today, we celebrate with the owners of 501 Swanston Street as they use environmental upgrade ...