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EY appoints new climate change and sustainability leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... recognise that focusing on their people, customers, and communities is fundamental to them attracting and retaining the right capital," he said.

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... "gaug[e]the efficacy of a company's business model along numerous quantifiable dimensions such as earnings patterns, cash flow, capital structure, and capital expenditures," as well as assess companies on their ESG performance. According to Northern ...

NZ Super Fund invests in View Glass

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... strategy to increase the Fund's exposure to alternative energy." The allocation to View is part of NZ Super Fund's "expansion capital" investment theme, and also include exposures to fuel cell manufacturer Bloom Energy, wind turbine developer Ogin Inc. ...

Good Money opens Adelaide retail store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... People living in regional Australia are more likely to run out of money at the end of a pay cycle than people living in capital cities, with 22.7% of regional Australian adults reporting being caught short, compared with 16.4% of people living in capital ...

IGCC calls for emissions reductions targets with credible signal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has called for an Australian emission reduction target that "delivers a credible signal to capital in managing the transition to a low carbon economy." Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC The Australian government has set an emissions ...

UCA Funds Management to convert funds to MIS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... think it's necessarily a good idea for a church-owned funds management organisation to rely on exemptions from disclosure, capital support, etc., that church funds enjoy. It's a bit like if we had a coffee shop that's as social enterprise that's run ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... there's the knowledge of a downturn coming, that might cause issues with productivity and a hesitancy to invest in human capital. Within the labour force, we still have relatively highly skilled works, be they engineers, or highly certified workers on ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... with local, national and international laws and regulations relating to forest conservation, according to the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The Natural Capital Declaration and UNEP conducted a study of 30 ...

CDP, South Pole Group to conduct water security assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
South Pole Group and CDP will conduct a global assessment of how 700 of the world's largest companies manage water security risks. Cate Lamb, head of CDP's water program CDP has created a public scoring methodology to evaluate and benchmark corporate ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... delivery agency as government, or you may want to take the next step - deciding that you want to fund it using private capital. If you're going to go to that next step, the question then becomes, how do you structure a financial instrument around that." ...