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Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors both in Australia and around the world are still in early stages of uptake in both environmental, social and governance (ESG)-factor investing and in quantitative-based tailored approaches to risk and return, according to Northern ...

GRI defines four strategic goals to expand scope

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has developed four strategic priorities to expand its scope and "catalyse the next era of sustainability reporting" over the next five years. GRI has released an updated Global Reporting Initiative with four goals ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... for higher-performing commercial office space in metropolitan areas outside of central business districts, guided by government decentralisation, supply constraints in CBD, infrastructure development and urban regeneration, said Adam Geha, EG CEO. "The ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... AWA currently has a project underway in Vietnam and the industry body is engaging with the major public utilities, government regulators and private companies on a governance framework to increase the transparency and efficiency of the Vietnamese water ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... between other accounts - 7% went to middle market, 6% went to banks, 3% went to councils, 3% to central banks, 3% to semi-government banks, 1% to private banks. Some of the orders were quite sizeable, but others were small sized as well. There is a broad ...

NFPs must align investments with mission: Koda Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... self-sustaining to provide their non-profit activities with a long-term income stream to buffer against the uncertainties of government funding or grants, Knowles said. "[Boards] are risk averse, naturally, and they can be overly conservative, which ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Local Government Super has joined the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC), becoming the third Australian institution to commit to the initiative. LGS CEO Peter Lambert PDC signatories commit to decarbonise their portfolios, and was co-founded ...

Vote Your Pension platform calls for global member action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of non-government organisations including the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and The Climate Institute have launched a platform to pressure asset owners to support a shareholder resolution at Chevron's annual general meeting later ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance receives $33m federal funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The federal government has allocated AU$33.3 million over the next five years to expand the No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) and StepUP low interest loans offered by Good Shepherd Microfinance. Adam Mooney, CEO of Good Shepherd Microfinance Good Shepherd ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... maximise the chances of success of the UN climate change conference and to send a strong message of business leadership to government and policy makers worldwide," Day said. The collaborative engagement around the six initiatives, which are broad-based ...