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Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... representing building and construction workers." The investment is also in line with Cbus's strategy of integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into its investment process. "We've taken a leadership role within the Australian ...

CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... congratulate IFM Investors on this significant commitment to lowering emissions, and contributing further to the environmental sustainability of the assets in its Australian Infrastructure Fund," said Ian Learmonth CEFC CEO. "Infrastructure assets are ...

Mercer hires three consultants to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... across FMCG, real estate, natural resources, financial services and government in managing human rights, social and environmental impacts, risks and opportunities, Mercer said. He holds a Master of Science, Environmental Science and Management from the ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board issues TCFD aligned framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The framework presents links to align reporting environmental information, natural capital and associated business impacts to the TCFDD recommendations and supporting recommended disclosures. ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... disclosure." Barker of Minter Ellison noted that the sections in question in SPS 530 were paragraphs 34-36, covering environmental, social and governance issues, particularly paragraph 36, which refers to "a prudent RSE licensee would be mindful of exposing ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... impact investment discipline has emerged as a powerful tool for investors seeking to engender positive social and environmental change. As asset owners start reviewing impact investments for portfolio inclusion, service providers are rightly moving to ...

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... those, and they've become more diverse in terms of the assets they're funding and in terms of the social issues and environmental issues they're tackling." That recognition can also drive the financial services industry to seize opportunities, manage ...

CEFC investing up to $100m in Lendlease-managed property fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing up to $100 million to the Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial (APPF Commercial) with the goal of achieving net zero emissions from the portfolio as early as 2025. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... BetaShares demonstrated that investors are given access to detailed information about how the Fund takes into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) and ethical issues in the investment process. "We are delighted to have our second ethical ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... bookrunners on the transaction." The proceeds are intended to support projects offering broad social, economic and environmental benefits including funding for hospitals, schools, green buildings, clean water, public transport systems or renewable power ...