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Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... charitable foundations and philanthropic family trusts, Westpac said. NRMA Motoring & Services, Australian Ethical Investments, Westpac Foundation and Commonwealth Bank of Australia all took part in the fund raising for the SBB, along with other institutional ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Standard Life Investments has appointed Amanda Young as Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI). Young comes to Standard Life Investments from Newton Investment Management. She is also a main board director of the UK Sustainable Investment ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... noted that the fund has capital warranty units, which protects investors' capital, thus lowering the risk profile of investments. 'What we're really clear about with investors is that we apply a strict due diligence process to financing and we have the ...

Australian Ethical Investment to reorganise business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments is restructuring its business, including a "substantial" reduction of its Canberra operations and outsourcing some functions. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director Australian Ethical announced the changes will ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... emissions. So while nearly all financial businesses manage travel emissions, only 6% report emissions associated with their investments, the sector's prime source of Scope 3 emissions. "The business travel finding is showing that it's quite easy to measure ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... under management in direct and affiliated single and multi-strategy hedge funds, funds of funds and other alternative investments services with offices in several US cities, London, Tokyo and Seoul. Mariner said in a statement that it will use MSCI ESG ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... changing environmental phenomena - weather extremes, water availability, ecosystem degradation - can affect the loans, investments and other products on a banks' balance sheet. The NCD aims to provide insight to uncover these and solutions how to address ...

Australian/NZ property continue dominance in GRESB survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... related to sustainability is widespread: all participants now perform sustainability risk assessments, both for standing investments and for new acquisitions," GRESB said. "This sharply contrasts with results for 2012, when only 60% of participants performed ...

Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Cbus over recent years are as a result of lung cancer. "After careful consideration Cbus has taken the step to divest investments in tobacco in the long-term interest of our members," said Louise Davidson, Cbus' environmental, social and governance investment ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... highlighted impact investing as an area of focus, particularly for the Australian market. AXA IM defines impact investing as investments in businesses and/or funds that generate social and/or environmental benefit in addition to financial return, and ...