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Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... responsible investment professionals to suss out what they think will matter this year. To a certain extent, 2018 will be "business as usual" because of the continued mainstreaming of sustainability as material issues, said Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate ...

Australia faces challenges in adapting to autonomous vehicle technology: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... eventual transition from private ownership to ride sourcing and car sharing for daily travel. This includes promoting business models that provide these services. Thakur pointed to the Victorian government as one state that is investing in action around ...

BetaShares sees increased demand for "true to label" ethical products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... BetaShares FAIR is based on a basket of Australian companies screened to preference companies engaged in sustainable business activities and to avoid companies engaged in activities deemed inconsistent with responsible investment considerations, BetaShares ...

Instreet Investment takes majority stake in Acorns Grow Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Incorporated for technology it has developed, and as part of the arrangement, Acorns Grow Australia will rebrand its business over the coming months. Acorns Grow Australia is a micro-savings app. It currently has $158 million in assets under management ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... other goods rental businesses are most exposed to potential regulatory changes that could negatively impact on their business model. "If you think about where we started from, on the consumer leasing side, we pointed out that consumer leasing was pretty ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... potential clients. "If you look at the footprint of the Australian banks in Asia, you can highlight that for the traditional business that has been an interesting journey," Bellens said. "If you look at the footprint, certainly if you look at the markets ...

UNEP FI select Oliver Wyman, Mercer as expert advisers on TCFD-related project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
Oliver Wyman and Mercer have been chosen as expert advisers on a project examining climate-related risks and opportunities for financial institutions being undertaken by the United Nations Environment Programme - Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). UNEP FI ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... include more than 843,000 hectares of plantation forestry and land, Timberlink wood processing, sales, and distribution business, the forest management business Forico, and the international timber marketing business New Forests Timber Products. New ...

SVA Diversified Impact Fund receives more than $10m in funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities and matches private investment. SVA, Foresters Community Finance ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics analysed 13,000 incidents in 2016 and found that incidents are dominated by two categories: quality and safety and business ethics, which together account for 30% of all incidents. Sustainalytics also took a longitudinal approach and also ...