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Social Ventures Australia launches $7 million Resolve Social Benefit Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has gathered $7 million in capital to fund a social benefit bond to fund a program addressing mental health services. Elyse Sainty, SVA director impact investing The Resolve Social Benefit Bond (Resolve SBB) will fund ...

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... VicSuper. "So it's been a key topic of focus for us. We're in the process of developing our 2020 Financial Wellbeing Strategy, and we were looking at best practice initiatives that could connect us to what's the leading edge in this space, as well as ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches Environmental Equity Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... traditional portfolios." "We are delighted to expand our global product offering to include this 'deep green' environmental strategy," said David Grybas, BNP Paribas Asset Management Australia chief executive officer. "It is clear that there is increasing ...

PRI, Willis Towers Watson partner on megatrends and impact on financial system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... representing the PRI's signatory base, "to capture their reaction to the implications around megatrends in terms of their strategy and implementation of responsible investment activities" the interviews will begin this northern hemisphere summer. Preliminary ...

Man Group appoints Steven Desmyter head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... member of Man GLG's European and international equity teams. In this role, Mitchell will be responsible for developing the strategy, organisation and methodology to underpin Man Group's ESG efforts. He will work across the firm's investment strategies ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... The TCFD is led by Michael Bloomberg. The TCFD's draft recommendations are structured around four themes - governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets and are designed to be adopted by companies across sectors and jurisdictions. They ...

Pollinate Energy to open operations in fifth city - Kanpur

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, will open operations in its fifth city, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Kanpur is an industrial city of 3 million people, where over 85% of the communities ...

Acorns launches ethical investment portfolio option Emerald Portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Micro-investing app Acorns has launched a new ethical investment portfolio option. George Lucas, Acorns Australia CEO and managing director Acorns Australia customers can now select the Emerald Portfolio investment to the app, which is designed to meet ...

Carnegie Clean Energy to participate in global partnership to push Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... multinationals, which will work with the 16 companies. Carnegie Clean Energy "will look to Asia to drive its clean energy strategy - specifically with microgrids and fringe of grid projects - which can deliver clean, reliable and affordable clean energy," ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
VicSuper has launched a Socially Conscious investment option, which invests in companies based on a custom index tailored to take into account action on climate change and on social issues like human rights and labour rights. Kirsten Simpson, VicSuper ...