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LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... members and our stakeholders have about some ASX-listed companies and particular sectors of the economy. "These environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues can also pose significant investment risks and these changes to the investment restrictions ...

AXA IM SmartBeta fund receives local recognition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... has been developed by AXA Rosenberg, the quantitative investment arm of the global AXA IM group, and integrates environmental, social and governance data from AXA IM's responsible investment team. In building the ESG SmartBeta strategy, AXA Rosenberg ...

NAB sets science based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... effect on our business, our customers, and the communities in which we operate," said Nicola Murphy, NAB head of environmental sustainability. "The setting of science-based targets is another way NAB continues to deliver on its commitment to take a leadership ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... benefits, said Terence Jeyaretnam, Ernst & Young Australia climate change and sustainability partner. "Improving environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance throughout the supply chain directly benefits companies by increasing the value provided," ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches ESG reporting service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
NAB Asset Servicing has launched an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting service. NAB Asset Servicing is the bank's custody and fund administration business. The reporting service will allow clients such as superannuation funds to drill ...

Newpin Social Benefit Bond returns 12.15% in third year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... outcomes that these deals present. Increasingly investors today want to see financial as well as social (and/or environmental returns) as part of their portfolio and SBBs are an attractive way of achieving that." See Also: Newpin Social Benefit Bond ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... earned - Community Sector Banking would be one of those. We've seen other products that effectively offset their environmental impacts, like from Bank Australia. Others offer other green lending products such as greener home loans. What we're seeing ...

NZ Super earns A+ in UNPRI benchmark report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... private equity. The UNPRI is the internationally accepted benchmark for how institutional investors should manage environmental, social and governance issues, NZ Super noted. "Responsible investment practices are becoming much more widely adopted and ...

Family businesses using impact investment in philanthropy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... and natural capital space, including high net worth and family office investors, while also delivering significant environmental outcomes and developing the market for water in the basin for the benefit of all stakeholders," Thorn said. The Murray Darling ...

Regnan reports results of 2015/2016 engagements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... engagements of more than two meetings. Regnan tracks stocks in their engagement universe - the ASX200 - across a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance metrics, which allows the firm to identify improvements in line with their ...