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LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... bonds mandate to specialist investment manager Omega Global Investors. The strategy explicitly incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into the selection process, including a specific allocation of up to 15% invested in "green" ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emissions and companies that have extensive reserves of fossil fuels, and incorporating other environmental, social and governance factors, Northern Trust said. The fund is a new sub-fund of an existing Irish UCITS umbrella fund known ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... in Australia to raise the profile of the co-operative and mutual business model, which proponents say inherently melds social and economic goals while contributing to a diversified economy. Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO (Photo courtesy of BCCM) The recently ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and The Benevolent Society have raised AU$10 million for its social benefit bond (SBB). The funds raised by the SBB will go towards establishing The Resilient Families preservation service, which ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... important part of our Focus on Change investment process. We strongly believe that companies with robust environmental and social practices will enjoy long term financial benefits and we seek to encourage such practices with a view to protecting and ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... amending its Governance Principles and Recommendations to ask listed companies to disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. The ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council has published a consultation ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... activities, including voting and engagement; manager selection, appointment and monitoring; and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making processes and ownership practices. PRI has said that ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... developed an Environmental Profit and Loss Account, to establish an economic valuation of the company's environmental, social and economic impacts along its value chain, including down the supply chain. "If you look at Puma, Puma do environmental accounting," ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... chief executive. Hagart comes to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Hagart will replace current CEO Ann Byrne, who retires from the position at the end of October. ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Developing social enterprises can access funding between $10,000 -$30,000 through Foresters Community Finance's Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund was developed to fit the lending profile of social enterprises ...