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Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... when other issues arise. Murphy pointed again to the Oxfam report as an example of that. Ulysses Chioatto, executive director and head of research for Australia and New Zealand for ISS, said that there has been somewhat of an uncoupling of considering ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... water-sensitive sectors responded to CDP in 2013. "There was a low response rate from the invited companies," said James Day, director - Australia and New Zealand, CDP. "We invited companies from water sensitive sectors -around half of the ASX100, and ...

bankmecu and Swan Hill Credit Union to merge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... in regional Victoria and offer the local community a greater range of products, said Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director. The merger is expected to take 12 months to complete. Staff at SHCU will be offered employment in bankmecu and SHCU members ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... mayor of Monash, Victoria, trustee board member of Vision Super and Cath Bowtell: recent CEO of AGEST Super and past director of AustralianSuper. The conversation focused on targets, the amount of abatement and tradeoffs between physical impacts and ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... social, environmental and financial objectives and finding themselves satisfied with the results," said Yasemin Saltuk, director of research for J.P. Morgan Social Finance and co-author of the report. " As collaboration between investors, governments ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the amount of carbon dioxide that can be burn and that we haven't reached that limit yet," said Lois Guthrie, executive director of CDSB. "Estimates vary, but the real point is there is, we need to keep about 60-80% of known fossil fuel reserves in the ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s analysis of climate finance shows that redirecting global funds from investment emissions intensive assets to low carbon sources should be a priority for governments and investors, according to ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... in Queensland that will enable the company to deliver on a large commercial cleaning contact. Mark Peacock, associate director, impact investing, Social Ventures Australia The financing agreement with Iman Operations is aimed at assisting the company ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo Green Bond, the first ever in the Australian domestic market. Mark Goddard, executive director, head of debt securities, Westpac Institutional Bank The AU$40 billion UniSuper is the lead investor in the issuance ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... charitable trusts and foundations and the superannuation perspective as well," said Kylie Charlton, co-founder and managing director of Unitus Capital and co-author of the study. "In reviewing the legal and regulatory environments, they said there is ...