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Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... quantitative investment technique in the development of optimised portfolios for clients. Northern Trust has also assessed environmental, social and governance (ESG) data as part of its research and factor-based portfolio construction, and clients in ...

GRESB updates Green Bond Guidelines for the Real Estate Sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... financing gap by directing capital to companies with projects that can slow carbon emissions as we work to avoid environmental catastrophe." There has been $US50 billion in green bond issuance so far this year, with an anticipated total of US$80 billion ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... they're all interrelated. "There are so many opportunities where what beef producers do, particularly in sensitive environmental areas, can contribute to change management. I would hope out of this framework isa whole lot of R&D and extensions that produces ...

Australian Ethical Investment engages on sustainability of meat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... investment case for a protein shake up', produced by the FAIRR Initiative and ShareAction. The briefing defines environmental, social and public health risks to the model of factory farming, which they believe financial markets are not valuing appropriately. ...

Teachers Mutual Bank installs solar panels, LED lights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... clean energy and have net zero carbon emissions. "The investment in renewable energy is essential to minimising our environmental footprint and to ensure that we are investing in a green future, taking responsibility for generations to come," said Steve ...

Impax Asset Management analyses environmental impact of portfolio

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... director and co-head of listed equities, Impax Asset Management For the second year, Impax has analysed the positive environmental impact of its smaller cap global Specialists Strategy (known as Impax Environmental Markets in the UK), and this year's ...

Emerald Wrap, Impact 20/80 form impact investing partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... to their values and bring customer choice." Impact 20/80 will source and develop investments with social and/or environmental impact as well as financial returns, and use the established platform of Emerald Wrap as a basis to provide access to investors. ...

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI group industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... index that tracks leading sustainability-driven companies based on RobecoSAM's analysis of financially material environmental, social and governance (ESG factors). Each year, RobecoSAM invites the largest 3,400 companies from developed and emerging markets ...

Pollinate Energy attracts investment from Pangaea Impact Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Lucknow. The solar lights are intended to replace kerosene lights, which pose a safety risk, are expensive, and pose environmental risks because of kerosene's carbon emissions. Pollinate Energy has a network of 15 micro entrepreneurs, called 'Pollinators' ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services becomes PRI Signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... uses data from Thomson Reuters, covering 5,000 companies around the world with more than 750 data points on various environmental, social and governance topics. The service can also be used for regulatory compliance reporting as well. BNP Paribas Securities ...