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New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Brand said. "There's probably two big drivers - one is about sustainability broadly and the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs," Brand said. "Our clients have certainly been very interested in mapping their investment portfolios against the impacts ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... initiative designed to help channel private investment and capital into the achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "As outlined in the Secretary-General's vision to find innovative financing for Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development ...

Bank Australia issues $125 million sustainability bond linked to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... issued a three-year, $125 million sustainability bond linked to three of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This marks not only the first time that Bank Australia has issued a bond, but also the first time a customer-owned bank ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... a practical guide to assist companies in better measure and report on their impacts on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new publication, Integrating the SDGs into Corporate Reporting: A Practical Guide, helps companies of all sizes "to prioritize ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... investment decision making process and to consider sustainability-themed opportunities. "The [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs have been a big influencer on that," Cheang said. "Since the release of the SDGs, actors across the value chain are signing ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... environment, weapons, and ethical values and human rights. Nanuk also aligns its investments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mapping their investments against the 17 Goals. Nanuk has engaged Sustainable Trust as a data provider to that end ...

Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... funds, which feature a negative screen, things to avoid, risks to avoid, and generally negative things," Smith said. "The SDGs are a means of getting a positive aspect. We are looking at companies that are doing good, minimising negative externalise ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... convergence of ESG and impact investing is being driven by the language and framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) "Every investor group in the Dutch market wants to ask me, how is your investment idea in this area of equities or the real ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... they are also looking at companies with proportions of income or revenue in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a measure of impact. Insight Investments thus far has two broad categories - companies with more than 50% of revenue associated ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... attractive to Cbus because it fits in with its strategy to align itself with six of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Atkin said. "We're trying to understand the current footprint of ourselves as an investor and what impact we are having on ...