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LQRA to deepen verification collaboration with CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... for companies. LQRA is one of the founding members of the CDP verification programme, and is on CDP's verification working group. "Independent verification is fast becoming an integral part of global corporate carbon reporting, and LRQA's independent ...

Investors call for affordable housing bonds, aggregating body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... impact investing, Social Ventures Australia In January, the federal government established an Affordable Housing Working Group to investigate ways in which to increase the supply of affordable rental housing. The working group received 77 submissions ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Bosteels, the guide's co-author and head of responsible property investments at Hermes IM, chair of UNEP FI's property working group and IIGCC's property work programme. "Not least after COP, governments must now find new and cost-effective ways to curb ...

ESG RA to become RIAA working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
ESG Research Associates (ESG RA) is transitioning to become a working group of Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), RIAA has confirmed. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO ESG Research Associates has been an Australian association of superannuation ...

Cbus Super hires new investment manager - ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has hired Nicole Bradford as investment manager - ESG. Bradford comes to Cbus from GE Capital - Asia Pacific, where she worked as environmental and social risk leader. In that role, she was responsible for "identifying, managing and monitoring ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Initiative's Low Carbon Transport Technical Working Group have released the Low Carbon Transport Standard for climate bonds. The proposed Low Carbon Transport criteria uses universal GHG emission thresholds defined on a per passenger-km ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Richard Brandweiner is the chief investment officer of First State Super, an AU$53 billion industry superannuation fund. In 2011, First State Super merged with Health Super to create one of Australia's largest public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... for both Good Shepherd Microfinance and Suncorp, and in designing the final product, Suncorp convened an external working group made up of financial counsellors, Legal Aid, the Financial Ombudsman Service, researchers and consumer representatives to ...

Demand for ethical products strong: Ethical Advisers' Co-Op

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
Fund managers and financial advisers are working to meet increased retail demand for responsible investment products, but gaps remain in asset classes. James Baird of JustInvest, board member, Ethical Advisers Co-op Investors are searching for options ...

HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... first year, per the Reconciliation Action Plan, HESTA will work on building internal capacity, establishing a RAP working group and raising internal awareness of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. "What we plan to do ...