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Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - The Highlights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... business leader, responsible Investment, Mercer; Michelle Brisbane, CEO, Ethical Investment Services; Erin Castellas, chief impact officer, Impact Investment Group; and Michael Salvatico, executive director, ESG Research, MSCI. With major research providers ...

Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - Full Discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... business leader, responsible Investment, Mercer; Michelle Brisbane, CEO, Ethical Investment Services; Erin Castellas, chief impact officer, Impact Investment Group; and Michael Salvatico, executive director, ESG Research, MSCI. With major research providers ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Almost a quarter of Australian corporate executives say "having a positive societal impact as the most important measure in evaluating their annual performance," according to global research by Deloitte. Robert Hillard, chief strategy and innovation ...

IOSCO releases statement on ESG-related disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... governmental (ESG) matters "though sometimes characterized as non-financial, may have a material short-term and long-term impact on the business operations of the issuers as well as on risks and returns for investors and their investment and voting decisions." ...

Calix identifies six sustainability challenges impacting clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Australian technology company Calix has outlined six sustainability challenges over the next decade that they are working on with clients. Andrew Oakley, general manager, strategy and commercial, Calix Calix named reducing CO2 emissions, creating energy ...

Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... "Green Weighting Factor", an internal capital allocation mechanism designed to favour the financing of deals with a positive impact on both the climate and the environment, in accordance with the Paris Agreement goals. "Natixis has been active in green ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... Australia (WWF-Australia), which provides funding to study innovative and more sustainable farming techniques to positively impact on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Catalyst began in 2008 with 19 farmers, and at current count "helps improve the quality ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
A majority of companies that manufacture consumer products are not considering potentially hazardous ingredient responsibility and its relationship to company sustainability, according to research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... and Human Rights Resource Centre, explained some of the experiences of the early years in the UK. "There has been a mixed impact," Sinclair said. "In terms of the pluses, by requiring companies to introduce a public statement that's signed off on by ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... right way to measure social and environmental impacts in an investment portfolio, with different organisations measuring impact in different ways, depending on size and mission. Alex Oppes, director, impact investing at SVA There are common starting ...