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IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Fund. Investors also looked to decarbonise investment portfolios, such as NZ Superannuation Fund's announced four-level strategy to reduce its carbon footprint. Investors are also engaging with policymakers on climate policies, the report noted. "The ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire chief operating officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired Peter de Graaf as chief operating officer (COO). Fiona Reynolds, managing director, Principles for Responsible Investment de Graaf comes to PRI From the London-based management consultancy Carnstone ...

SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... those engaged in making cluster bombs, landmines, chemical and biological weapons and depleted uranium weapons. "The strategy has been quite a few years in the making because we have quite a number of very large institutional investors for whom we manage ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... materials sectors, according to new research from AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA IM Rosenberg Equities AXA IM Rosenberg Equities, the quantitative investment arm of the global AXA IM group, recently ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
There has been a steady increase in the number of impact investments over recent years in Australia, with the bulk of transactions consisting of debt finance to social enterprises, while domestically issued green bonds also showed increases in dollar ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... better explain how their strategies link to the goals. "The process has in fact been mapping the corporate responsibility strategy to the SDGs", Macfarlane said. The SDGs also brought the opportunity to have "a proactive approach in understanding how ...

NZ Super adopts new climate change investment risk strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The NZ$30 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) has adopted a climate change investment risk strategy that they will apply across their entire portfolio. Anne-Maree O'Connor, head of responsible investment, NZ Super NZ Super has developed ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
Fast fashion garment brands globally as well as in Australia are facing a potential "inflection point" to their business model, with pressures from increased labour and environmental costs predicted to impact on how companies access factories overseas ...

RIAA designs Responsible Returns consumer website

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has designed a website to match retail investors and financial advisers with responsible and ethical products to meet their profile. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The site, Responsible Returns, matches ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
AllGrid Energy, an Indigenous-owned and operated company, is implementing a strategy to place solar panel and battery storage systems in remote, off-grid Indigenous communities in Australia. AllGrid Energy, which launched last year as a partnership ...