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Ethical Investment Week to bust the ethical investment return myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Week. Louise Edkins, director, Ethical Investment Advisers Running from Oct 23-30, Ethical Investment Week is a series of events sponsored by the Ethical Advisers Co-Operative. Events will take place in four states - Queensland, Victoria, South Australia ...

UCA Funds Management adds Nine Entertainment Company to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... officer, UCA Funds Management. "There's the nature of the advertising as well, in terms of its association with major sports events, G-rated shows, and placement in prime time television viewing," Walsh said. "It's not unusual to see an entire advertising ...

Principles for Responsible Investment name Matt McAdam Australian head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... of communications, overseeing communication with PRI signatories, the media and other external stakeholders, as well as events including PRI in Person. There are currently 116 PRI signatories based in Australia - 34 asset owners, 70 investment managers ...

Investors have "no place to hide" from climate change impacts: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... increasing climate change risk in four areas: technological advances, regulatory impacts, increasingly frequent extreme weather events and social pressures for greater climate awareness, according to research from the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... the supply chain leading to consumer and stakeholder awareness and demand, such as in sweat shops and safety black swan events in apparel; migrant and forced labour in food, and biodiversity impacts in paper and timber," Jeyaretnam said. "In other sectors ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches ESG reporting service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... different portfolios and benchmarks," NAB Asset Servicing said. It can be used for monitoring carbon emissions, bribery events, board independency, board diversity, and greenhouse gas reduction targets, NAB said. As reported by The Sustainability Report ...

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... an active participant on these critical issues." Norton Rose Fulbright has previously supported Climate Bond Initaitive events, including the State of the Market 2015 launch, noted Sean Kidney, CEO Climate Bonds Initiative. According to Bonds and Climate ...

RobecoSAM hires ACCSR for engagement over assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... used to construct the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), a sustainability benchmark. ACCSR will conduct a series of events and encourage more organisations to complete the CSA when invitations to participate in the annual assessment go out in March. ...

ASrIA to merge with Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... organisations - a large number of ASrIA's members are PRI signatories and both organisations have worked together, co-hosted events, developed joint publications and policy responses, and provided education and training through the PRI Academy. ASrIA ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... said Peter Collis manager for insurance, Good Shepherd Microfinance. "It's comprehensive coverage - there are 14 peril events in the policy that covers things like storms, flooding, cyclones, fire, theft, malicious damage and tsunami and earthquake. ...