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Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products hit $1.17 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... responsible by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)," a Teachers Mutual Bank spokesperson told The Sustainability Report. "This means that our members have the peace of mind and knowledge that their investment or loan is not being ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank and Wesfarmers have signed a $400 million three-year bilateral sustainability-linked loan which will link social and environmental outcomes to the cost of finance. Andrew Hinchliff, CBA group executive for institutional banking and ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
KPMG Australia has acquired Action Sustainability Asia Pacific, a boutique consultancy specialising specialises in social and environmental sustainability advisory services. Staff of Action Sustainability Asia Pacific The boutique consultancy is a leader ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Real estate investor and manager Cromwell Property Group reports that their sustainability strategy is focused on "improving performance through a structured, responsible and balanced pathway to sustained success," in their 2019 sustainability report. ...

Industry coalition organises Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... part of the investment process at Aberdeen Standard Investments, but if you are holding collateral for a specific sustainability fund or an ESG focused fund, the collateral selection becomes important, because you need to make sure that the securities ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... will also use machine learning algorithms to process "alternative data sets" that will glean insights on material sustainability issues. The framework will be implemented across all teams covering listed companies, a JPMAM spokesperson confirmed to The ...

CEFC commits up to $125m in Qualitas property debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... the Qualitas Build-to-Rent Impact Fund (QBIF), billed as Australia's first property debt fund to elevate minimum sustainability criteria into its investment criteria, as well as being Australia's first dedicated BTR debt platform. QBIF will finance housing ...

Governance Institute releases climate change risk disclosure guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... in the edition was reporting against significant risk, particularly as it relates to social and environment and sustainability, particularly climate change," said Megan Motto, Governance Institute CEO. "We are looking at the lens of material climate ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Energy Super has selected Robeco for a $650 million global equity enhanced indexing mandate incorporating sustainability criteria. Stephen Dennis, Robeco Australia head Robeco's enhanced indexing strategy "aims to deliver better than market returns ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... there is a growth in uptake of the Task force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standard, and Myatt noted that as many companies in the portfolio are listed in the US ...