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Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... investments move from business plans into budgets and balance sheets a wealth of opportunity will be unlocked across the value chain," Figueres said. "Organizations committing to the Green Bond Pledge will benefit from these opportunities and help the ...

HESTA to survey investment managers for workplace gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... investment managers about their workplace gender as part of their wider focus on gender diversity through its investment value chain. Debby Blakey, CEO HESTA HESTA, which has $43 billion in assets under management, is focusing on internal investment ...

GRI, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launch new Indo-Pacific program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have partnered to launch a new program, Sustainable Trade and Investment through Reporting in the Indo-Pacific (STIR Indo-Pacific). The STIR Indo-Pacific program ...

Citi, Credit Suisse recognised at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... of New ESG Research by an Individual Analyst or Team went to Get Inside the Carbon Black Box, Look Down the Carbon Value Chain by Sandra McCullagh and Zoe Whitton, Credit Suisse. Best Piece of Ongoing ESG Research by an Individual Analyst or Team went ...

Implementing impact investment across asset classes

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... intermediaries, Brandweiner said. "There needs to be a lot more of agents filling in the missing pieces of the puzzle along the value chain and basically smoothing the path from a social enterprise through to an institutional investor," he said. Brandweiner ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... developed by RMAC's Sustainability Steering Group and will identify priority areas for the industry at all levels of the value chain - on-farm, feedlot, transport and processing, said Prue Bondfield, SSG chair. "The goal is to establish a framework w/ ...

Stockland reports on integrated sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... sustainability strategy takes a three pillar approach - "shape thriving communities", "optimise and innovate", and "enrich our value chain". "These relate to our business pillars and how we grow our asset returns and our customer base," Rooney said. ...

NAB sets science based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... GHG Protocol Corporate Standard. However, the bank has not set a target for Scope 3 emissions - emissions down the value chain. The bank said it didn't set that target "as there is currently no standard framework or agreed methodology for science-based ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... covers the full range of risks and opportunities, which includes emissions, stranded asset risk, physical impacts and value chain considerations. For example, companies may have a low or a high direct carbon footprint but their products may impact positively/negatively ...

Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... the industry gets bigger, it will get better focused on examining what their customers need." This means that as the value chain gets more complex, the sector must manage issues like food safety, human rights concerns such as worker exploitation as well ...