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Using the SDGs to develop sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability data, but to rely on financial data," Kruse said. "We found that most of the credible relevant data is to look at the core biz of the companies - do its products and services make contributions to the SDGs?" Asset manager Robeco had the ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... to build incredible impact, and also scalable businesses," Richard said. "If you've got a business with purpose at the core you have an unfair advantage because you can mobilise talent to work together towards a north star." Meanwhile, VC firm OneVentures ...

Crescent Wealth announces new shareholder, board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... and in particular the Australian Islamic community with ways to invest their retirement wealth without compromising their core values and beliefs," Hewson said.

Global fund manager launches bond impact strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
A global fund manager has launched a global impact bond strategy. Nuveen's Global Core Impact Bond strategy will allocate towards best-in-class ESG leading issuers and securities that provide direct and measurable environmental or social impact. The ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable timber production under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative certification standard. FGS has owned and operated core areas of the Hilt-Siskiyou Forest for over a century. In 2011, New Forests financed and developed the first forest carbon ...

Super funds file Modern Slavery Statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... being exposed to businesses and investments that may be caught up in modern slavery. "If super funds are ESG advocates, this core business, or it should be." Super fund Modern Slavery statements averaged 10 pages. Rainmaker deemed the most comprehensive ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... topic, and the fact that we can bring in a lot of First Nations organisations and voices to the forum," he said. "This is the core of why investors have been activated to really build their knowledge in this sector, because of destruction of country. ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... good support from Crestone Wealth Management through their client base- they've taken the approach to make green bonds a core part of their model portfolios across their appropriate set of clients." The Green Bond Fund has continued to source fresh ...

ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... data providers for the underlying data that they then use for their internal analysis. "At a base level, let's take a core metric that we use - greenhouse gas intensity," Singh said. "Even there, disclosure and coverage isn't 100% - it's ...

Infrastructure manager joins Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... utilities at Goldman Sachs JBWere and ex-CEO of the Australian Infrastructure Fund. The Fund is currently invested across 'core' and 'super core' infrastructure assets across four key sectors with the strongest performance outlooks - transport, renewables ...