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Australian funds join international controversial weapons call

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... Morningstar, MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices and STOXX. The initiative began in Switzerland and is coordinated by Swiss Sustainable Finance. It has gathered momentum due to a presence on the PRI Collaboration Platform. "Aligning investor portfolios to established ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... cause, it doesn't actually achieve any lasting change and it is good for their workforce, but it's not particularly sustainable way to develop brand or culture." In conversations with boards and executive, Hillard said the questions are what are the ...

IOSCO releases statement on ESG-related disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... monitor investor and issuer movements with regards to ESG-related disclosures and noted that they had established a Sustainable Finance Network of securities regulators to "share their experiences and engage in focused discussions about developments ...

Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... origination and distribution, and to double green business revenues by 2020," said Orith Azoulay, Global Head of Green & Sustainable Finance, Corporate & Investment Banking, Natixis. "As such, this partnership demonstrates, once again, our engagement ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... and the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF-Australia), which provides funding to study innovative and more sustainable farming techniques to positively impact on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Catalyst began in 2008 with 19 farmers, and at current ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... ingredient responsibility and its relationship to company sustainability, according to research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology. Source: Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has launched the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The fund "invests in companies with sound sustainability profiles and avoids companies that are vulnerable to long-term earnings risk from sustainability weaknesses," ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... "if you look at a business model,, If it relies on underpaid workers, and slavery, most likely those earnings aren't sustainable over time," Carlsson-Sweeny noted. "Whether you look at slavery per se or human rights more broadly, the starting point is ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... didn't provide enough to accurately capture concepts like improving impact on mental health, reliance on welfare, sustainable work/life, Oppes said. For QBE Insurance, which manages the Premiums4Good program, selecting investments for the portfolio means ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... as urbanisation, globalisation, climate change, and resource security and as such, digitalization must now become sustainable. "At the moment, the discussion around digitalization is a very immature discourse," Carter said. "People talk about job automation ...