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HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... Impact Investment Trust (SIIT), more than doubling its investment in the social impact vehicle. Michael Lynch, Executive Director, Impact Investing, SVA. Managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA), the SIIT was launched in 2015 with an initial commitment ...

Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... the risk factors that investors worried about the most, and those that are most material," said Maria Lettini, FAIRR's director. "We are looking at the diversity within the entire supply chain. We are making sure that we were looking at companies that ...

Victoria to pilot investment plan, test Community Futures Investment Model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... that is intended to bring institutional investment-level scale and capital to community-based investments. Gordon Noble, director of FenElpi Partners In the 2018-2019 Victorian state budget presented earlier this month by Treasurer Tim Pallas, the government ...

Future Super Renewables Plus option sees $50 million inflow in two weeks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... majority of funds have come from existing members switching their money into the new option, and Adam Verway, executive director, Future Super, notes that the majority of people who have signed up for Future Super for the first time have chosen the Renewables ...

ASX adds social license to operate, TCFD to corporate governance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The ASX Corporate Governance Council has proposed a further evolution to its recommendations for how listed companies disclose environmental and social sustainability risks, including social license to operate and greater guidance on carbon risk. Louise ...

Australian Ethical Investment opens 2018 community grants program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... organisations to apply for a portion of the $300,000 in total to be awarded. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director Australian Ethical donates 10% of its annual after-tax profits to charitable organisations and social impact initiatives ...

CDSB, TCFD launch knowledge hub for organisational implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... ways to implement the recommendations, learn from others and share their experiences," said Simon Messenger, managing director, CDSB. "The Hub is designed to help both organizations that are just starting to work on the TCFD recommendations, as well ...

Regnan research finds correlation between company performance, conduct culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
There is a positive correlation between share performance of a company and executive management of ethics and conduct culture, according to new research from Regan. Pauline Vamos, Regnan chief executive Regnan has published an extract of research conducted ...

Majority of ASX200 boards gravitate to known candidates for board positions: 30% Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... "According to the Corporate Governance Principles of the ASX Corporate Governance Council, boards should assess whether a director who has served on a board for more than 10 years has become too close to management to be considered independent," the ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... manager owned by BNY Mellon, notes that they integrate ESG analysis as part of their embedded evaluation. Bruce Murphy, director Australia and New Zealand, and Adam Kibble, product specialist at Insight Investment, said that the fund manager calls ESG ...