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Pengana selects WHEB Asset Management to manage Hunter Hall Global Deep Green Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... approved by shareholders on 1 June. The Hunter Hall Global Deep Green Trust, to be renamed the Pengana WHEB Sustainable Impact Fund, will adopt the WHEB Listed Equity strategy which dates back to January 2006. This strategy has been employed by the FP ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures releases final report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... decision-useful, forward-looking information on climate-related financial impacts, to include describing the potential impact of different scenarios (including a 2C scenario) on the organisation's businesses, strategy, and financial planning and to increase ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses disclosure of use of proceeds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... bond. The report also recommends project-level information, refinancing information, audit information, and information on impact. "Impact reporting has been a focus of our work on Green Bonds at BlackRock for several years," said Ashley Schulten, director ...

Social Ventures Australia launches $7 million Resolve Social Benefit Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... in capital to fund a social benefit bond to fund a program addressing mental health services. Elyse Sainty, SVA director impact investing The Resolve Social Benefit Bond (Resolve SBB) will fund the Resolve Program, "a community-based mental health program ...

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Microfinance to develop the FIAP program, and Good Shepherd Microfinance has partnered with EY and the Centre for Social Impact to design and implement the program. The FIAP Partnership Group estimates that reducing financial exclusion amongst Australians ...

PRI, Willis Towers Watson partner on megatrends and impact on financial system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
The PRI and Willis Towers Watson will collaborate on a project to produce a report on megatrends, their impact on the financial system and the risks and opportunities for investors in terms of asset allocation, portfolio management, integration and ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... decision-useful, forward-looking information on climate-related financial impacts, to include describing the potential impact of different scenarios (including a 2C scenario) on the organization's businesses, strategy, and financial planning and to increase ...

Pollinate Energy to open operations in fifth city - Kanpur

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... supported by the student and professional fellows that will travel to India this year." Pollinate Energy has calculated the impact of its solar light products on families and says that on average, families save US$1.58 per week from reduced expenditure ...

Acorns launches ethical investment portfolio option Emerald Portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... signed up to Acorns in the year since its launch, primarily from millennials. "Millennials are more attuned to the social impact of their actions than other demographics and are driving the interest in sustainable investment. However, they also don't ...

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 ...