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Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... encourage those who remain on the side lines to enter the impact investment market." The report also measured social and environmental impacts of more than 60,000 beneficiaries, including 126 school supported, 319 jobs created, 1072 people with disabilities ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia are facing a potential "inflection point" to their business model, with pressures from increased labour and environmental costs predicted to impact on how companies access factories overseas, according to research from Ausbil Investment Management. ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... convenor of the CISL Australian program. The CISL programs are geared to provide a framework for analysing social and environmental trends in relation to corporate issues, and the NED program builds on this, tailored to issues in on a board agenda. "The ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... impacted on MSCI's ESG ratings of BHP Billiton, which had already been in the lower quartile for performance around environmental and human rights issues, said Chris Vernon, research analyst, MSCI. BHP's MSCI ESG rating is BBB, downgraded from A last ...

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 ...