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Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... have that greater accountability - that is where you can do that innovation around community investment, core product development. Once you clearly articulate the intention of what you want to change and develop, you can hold yourself to account. Our ...

Northern Trust to open asset management in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Northern Trust will bring its asset management business to Australia in 2015, and will look to offer equities products including those specifically tailored for environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandates. Rohan Singh, managing director, Northern ...

Green bond issuance hits US$36.6 billion for 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... year. The strong increase in issuance was spurred by new entrants from the corporate and municipal bond side, while development banks "continued to be the backbone of green bond issuance," according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. The development banks ...

Foresters Community Finance appoint new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... applying this knowledge and experience in Foresters to help grow its ability to continue in its mission of community development finance." See Also: Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

GRESB appoints two non-executive directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... industry leadership and commitment to sustainability and responsible investment in real estate will benefit GRESB's development, and further advance the sustainability performance of the commercial real estate sector." Holstad is chief administrative ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Green Bond Principles jumps to 25 banking supporters The Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bond - nearly doubled its number of supporters to 25 and the International Capital Market Association ...

Christian Super selects three impact investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Super has selected Laudex, a Mexican financial services company that provides student loans for the purposes of social development, the IFC Catalyst Fund, a private equity fund run by the International Finance Corporation that invests in renewable energy ...

Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... investors value having more information to judge investment risk, but also in terms of helping engender sustainable development in resource rich developing countries." A number of Australian mining and extractive companies have operations in Canada ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies in the food and beverage sector are exposed to "relatively high" sustainability risks that overlap and interact, according to a review by AMP Capital. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital The 37 companies that make up the ASX's food ...

KKR invests in Sundrop Farms expansion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... used to "significantly expand" Sundrop Farms' glasshouse facility in South Australia and underpin its international development, Sundrop Farms and KKR said. Sundrop Farms grows crops in glasshouses using proprietary technology. The "Sundrop System" uses ...