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Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... research, social impact measurement and knowledge exchange activities, and was responsible for CSI's research into impact investing and social finance, including assessing the feasibility of implementing social impact bonds in New South Wales and what ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Birgden At a global level, investors are putting more money towards impact investment J.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) recently released their third annual survey into the impact investing sphere - Perspectives on Progress. ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Concomitant with institutional investors developing their processes for evaluating and overseeing potential impact investments and fund managers in that sphere and working on appropriate benchmarks for measuring financial, social and environmental impacts ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... noted, while Japan's US$10bn was 0.2% out of a total of US$4.4tr in assets under management in that country. "Sustainable investing in Asia has become a significant force over the last five years, as global investors deploy a greater percentage of their ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... over a largely responsible company, and its reporting. © 2012 Dowse CSP, partners on corporate sustainability, ESG investing and related actions and communication: www.dowse-csp.com.au. [1] http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/problem-gamblers-cant-judge-cost-of-pokies--others-have-no-excuse-20110705-1h0ol.html ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Christmas, without the need for an electronic wine breather. © 2012 Dowse CSP, partners on corporate sustainability, ESG investing and related actions and communication: www.dowse-csp.com.au. [1] http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/trashing-the-planet-for-a-talking-piggy-bank-20121212-2b9vh.html ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... - it will be highly volatile, and there will be value destruction," he said. "[Asset owners] can only smooth that by investing in low-carbon hedges. We're not talking about an enormous shift - 5% hedge, going from a 2% hedge to even 5% would help to ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... exposure to BHP and they just had a massive write-down of shale gas assets in the US, so it's not only through even investing in Australian equities, there are exposures offshore. We have a global resources team who have selected to avoid coal seam gas ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... just as mainstream investors are accepting the value of ESG analysis, as both a risk review approach in fundamental investing, and as numeric inputs to quantitative investing. The Responsible Investment Association of Australia will shortly be releasing ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... focuses on educational and development programs for Aboriginal women and girls from birth to age 34. The report finds that investing in Aboriginal women and girls provides a high investment value for philanthropic funding and should focus on developing ...