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APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... supervisory response to climate risk is aligned with global best practice. Summerhayes noted that he attended the Sustainable Insurance Forum meeting in late October in Kuala Lumpur. SIF is a network of leading insurance regulators and supervisors and ...

ACSI publishes revised Governance Guidelines, includes new ESG themes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Davidson said. "For companies that are forward looking, we think that should aid in terms of the longer term to be sustainable in the longer term, in an investment sense. We have had some constructive discussion with a number of companies and have ended ...

CDP issues 2017 Climate Change Report for Australia/New Zealand companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... forest program in 2017. CDP noted that Brambles "has experienced new market opportunities through customer demand for sustainable products: between 2015 and 2016, customers using its carbon neutral products offset 8,114 tonnes of CO2, representing an ...

LBG Australia & New Zealand publishes Review of Community Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... One of the companies that we do a lot of work with is Unilever, and they articulate a clear corporate message around sustainable living, a sustainable living plan which talks on the health and hygiene plan. They're seeing their sales not thru a bottom ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... feedback and pressing issuers for the info you want to see." Wong and Sageser both said that while clients are demanding sustainable solutions, it has not been empirically confirmed that ESG performance is alpha-enhancing in fixed income portfolios. ...

Strong consumer demand for responsible, ethical super and investment: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... consumers who care about responsible and ethical investing, with products that match their values. "From investing in sustainable transport and education, to avoiding investing in armaments and fossil fuels, Responsible Returns allows users to filter ...

Australian government launches impact investment fund for Asian SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... program that commenced in 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. "From cafe owners in Bangladesh to sustainable agriculture producers in Indonesia, these enterprises will benefit from a new approach to foreign aid that provides loans ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... as opposed to where we withdraw money from," said Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. "How do we get more money flowing into sustainable assets and enterprises, and how we shape the future and acknowledge where the investments of our members are flowing to, is ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses bond issuance from second quarter 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... performance of green bonds by the Climate Bonds Initiative," said Julie Fox Gorte, Ph.D, senior vice president for sustainable investing, Pax World. "It is nice to see that green bonds are in demand, as well as information on credit spreads and performance. ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases Water Criteria Phase 2 Consultation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... of exciting ways to work with ecosystems in order to adapt to and mitigate climate change effects, while improving sustainable livelihoods and protecting natural ecosystems and biodiversity," said Cate Lamb, head of CDP Water Program. " The development ...