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CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... logistics and supply chains," said CEFC infrastructure lead Julia Hinwood. "We recognise IFM Investors as a leader in sustainable investment in infrastructure and congratulate IFM Investors on this significant commitment to lowering emissions, and contributing ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board issues TCFD aligned framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... help companies translate climate and environmental information into business impacts, creating more resilient and sustainable financial markets." The newly aligned framework is designed to help streamline the reporting cycle for companies. "A streamlined ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... science of assessing a mainstream equity fund's environmental and social impacts, frequently in the context of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Impact measurement and management offers a range of exciting opportunities for fund managers to improve ...

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The financial services industry play a key role in raising, structuring and allocating funding to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to new research from EY. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader ...

CEFC investing up to $100m in Lendlease-managed property fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... APPF is managed by Lendlease and invests in commercial properties in Australia. It has been rated the world's most sustainable real estate fund in 2014, 2015 and 2017 by the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The CEFC investment is ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... "The program has been valuable in helping Australian investors make confident decisions about accessing transparent, sustainable options in Australia." FAIR was launched in December 2017, and assets are "approaching $100 million" as of the end of March ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... temptation of companies to portray themselves as healthy," Carlsson-Sweeny said. Nick Edgerton, portfolio manager for sustainable strategies at Stewart Investors, has previously spoken with The Sustainability Report about his firm's focus on sugar as ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... second social bond that ANZ has been involved in this year. In February, ANZ priced and issued the â,¬750 million Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) bond in the European wholesale debt capital markets. According to ANZ, "the five year fixed rate bond ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... benefit from these opportunities and help the necessary acceleration of capital flows - before 2020 - to deliver a sustainable future for everyone." Signatories will be widely sought from cities, municipal authorities and corporations. The Green Bond ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... addition to fitting within the 10 impact focus areas that 8IP has outlined, each investment is cross-referenced to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the portfolio has covers 9 of the 17 goals.