Search Results

Showing 1611 - 1620 of 2206 results for "sustainability"

AXA IM Smart Beta fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... processes. The certification should be seen as a quality standard, rather than a proscribed list, RIAA has told The Sustainability Report. The new certification was launched last year, and more than 80 products from 30 investment organisations have been ...

GRI, Danish Institute for Human Rights collaborate on reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) will collaborate to promote sustainability reporting in a partnership announced at the 5 th GRI Global Conference. GRI and DIHR's collaboration comes as part of global ...

PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... - stock exchanges in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong have been doing more on warning companies to do more on sustainability reporting. They've been our focus. We're also developing a broader Asia Pacific strategy - how we join up Asia, Australia the ...

Investor groups publish sustainable real estate guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... said Fiona Reynolds, managing director at PRI. The framework was presented in Sydney, and Rowan Griffin, head of sustainability - property at Lendlease, noted that the guide provides concreate steps regarding climate change risks in property. "The built ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... something that attracted me to this role, and is something that fits with my ethos and principles," Pedley told The Sustainability Report. " To me, one of the opportunities [of the role] is to reach out to the current and next generation of investors ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... is ranked seventh globally, while First State Super is ranked twelfth globally. "As awareness and involvement in sustainability initiatives increase among the world's major investors, the bar keeps rising and this can only be a good thing," said Peter ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Investors and corporations agree that materiality analysis is important to define "the most important sustainability issues," according to research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and RobecoSAM. GRI and RobecoSAM have published Defining What ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... consider ESG criteria to generate long term competitive returns. Lim is in Australia this week and spoke to The Sustainability Report. "We do sustainable investing at Robeco because it leads to better informed decisions," Lim said. "... The body of evidence ...

LQRA to deepen verification collaboration with CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... "Independent verification is fast becoming an integral part of global corporate carbon reporting, and LRQA's independent sustainability and climate data verification services lend support to CDP's aim of putting relevant climate information at the heart ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... to no more than 2 degrees of pre-industrial levels," said Chi Woo Chi Woo, partner, advisory, climate change and sustainability services at KPMG Australia. "... [In order to meet those commitments] there is a huge amount of dependency on corporate success ...