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Australian Ethical Investment engages on sustainability of meat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... look at growth projections for meat consumption in India and China, the only way to meet it is with intensive animal agriculture. But that brings increased risk to human health, over reliance on antibiotics, increased pollution and impacts on climate ...

BetaShares launches global cybersecurity exchange traded fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... series that also includes the BetaShares Global Healthcare ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: DRUG) and BetaShares Global Agriculture ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: FOOD). See Also: Data security a governance concern: AMP Capital

Family businesses using impact investment in philanthropy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... to all by aligning the interests and objectives of a diverse group of investors across the alternative investment, agriculture and natural capital space, including high net worth and family office investors, while also delivering significant environmental ...

New Zealand responsible investment tops NZ$78bn: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... investments also continued to grow in 2015, increasing by 21% to $278 million, consisting of investments in sustainable agriculture and water funds. The report also found that responsible investing is becoming 'much more sophisticated in its approach' ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... an increase of 179%. RIAA noted that the increase was led by sizeable mandates to themed funds "such as sustainable agriculture funds, green themed property funds, as well as a strong emergence of low carbon funds." Impact investment has also continued ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... 2016, from 780 individual issuers across transport, energy, buildings and industry, water, waste and pollution and agriculture and forestry. Obviously, the universe is dominated by unlabelled climate-aligned bonds - bonds that are not labelled or certified ...

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... 3GF 2013 Summit by the World Resources Institute, and protocol partners include the Consumer Goods Forum, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), EU-funded FUSIONS project, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Business ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... energy generation and clean technology development, waste and recycling processing, energy efficiency and sustainable agriculture." A total of 33 Australian institutions are on the AODP index, with 11 are ranked D or lower, including two at X, down from ...

ARENA providing funding support for bio-energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... said ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht. "The fuel is earmarked for sale under a proposed off-take agreement with a global agriculture and energy corporation and export through the Port of Townsville." RDA intends to grow sugarcane and sweet sorghum for biofuel ...

Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... ANZ. Michael Whitehead, ANZ Bank's sector head of food, beverages and agribusiness global diversified industries The agriculture sector is currently undergoing change at a pace not seen since the 1960s, said Michael Whitehead, ANZ sector head of food ...