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Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... federal government, there have been losses in women directors, according to Women on Boards (WOB). Claire Braund, executive director, Women on Boards Women on Boards has release its 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which analyses the gender balance ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... switching their home loans to banks that do not finance the expansion of the fossil fuel sector. Simon Sheikh, managing director, Future Home Loans As previously reported in The Sustainability Report, Future Home Loans is a national initiative. It is ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... to develop proposals that they plan to take to Thorn Group, Cash Converters and Money3, said Michael Walsh, managing director of UCA Funds Management. The group has separate proposals relating to each sector. "On the payday lending side, our concern ...

Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Co-operative increased ethically screened funds under management by 18% to nearly AU$1 billion in 2014. Louise Edkins, director, Ethical Investment Advisers Funds under management increased through strong returns and strong inflows from new clients ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... ESG strategy is 5% ahead of its benchmark for its first six months, the fund manager has announced. Craig Hurt, AXA IM director of Australia and New Zealand The AXA IM All Country World Index (ACWI) SmartBeta Equity Fund was launched in September in ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... seems to be a common understanding of the concept of materiality and the similarities exceed the differences," said GRI Director Services Asthildur Hjaltadottir. "By conducting stakeholder engagement as outlined in the GRI Guidelines reporters can communicate ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... group to identify ways to improve the non-manager occupational categories. The working group will include outgoing WGEA Director Helen Conway, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick, Kate Carnell, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... clients will use J.P Morgan's investor services to keep track of ESG-related requirements, said William Pryor, managing director, global head of Investment Information Services at J.P. Morgan Investor Services. "We can do that for clients that have incorporated ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... divestment and are seeking a loan provider that does not finance future fossil fuel investments, said Adam Verwey, executive director of Future Super. "It is a different service to Future Super, but it's within the same area," he said. "We've found that ...

ARENA funds AU$5.2m for Renergi biofuel project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Agency (ARENA) has provided AU$5.2 million in funding to Renergi for a pilot scale biofuel project. Professor Chun-Zhu Li, director, FETI, explaining Renergi gasification technology (photo courtesy ARENA) The pilot is intended to produce simple, cost ...