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Australian companies still lag on anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... enforcement record over the years that has forced people to sit up and take this seriously." Gill was a member of the B20 working group on anti-corruption. The B20 is making a series of recommendations for consideration at the upcoming G20 meeting in ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Building impact investing in Australia will take leadership, action, and policy, according to an Australian report contributing to a global project to increase capacity in the market. graphic courtesy of Impact Investing Australia In conjunction with ...

Northern Trust names new global head of ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... chief investment officer (OCIO) solutions that include ESG considerations.. He will also lead a cross-functional working group to "develop solutions and thought leadership for the ESG practice and will work interdependently with the CSR practice led ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Green Property Working Group has issued proposed standards defining which buildings can be used as the basis for certified climate bonds. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The proposed rules are part of the Climate Bonds Standards ...

PRI coalition calls for improved palm oil practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... practices with the aim of "decoupling palm oil production from deforestation." The PRI's Sustainable Palm Oil Investor Working Group (IWG) calls on all palm oil producers to commit to ceasing deforestation, development on peat lands, and violations of ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... next 20 years at least." The IPCC investment analysis is part of the economic analysis in the recently released Working Group 3 report, Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. The report finds that limiting global warming to C would cost only ...

PRI launches guide to private equity and ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... what is reasonably possible." PRI engaged strategy consulting firm Spring Associates to work with the PRI GP Guide Working Group in developing the publication. Interviews were carried out with over 50 GPs and LPs worldwide, covering a range of investment ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... or for a share issue of a company or the like," said Malcolm Rodgers, chair of the Social Enterprise Legal Models Working Group and a retired former director, market regulation and strategy at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ...

Push continues for Australia to adopt mining payment regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... the focus on seeing a similar regime introduced here. Last week, a multi-stakeholder Resource Revenue Transparency Working Group sent its report to the government, following Prime Minister Stephen Harper's June 2013 announcement that Canada would adopt ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Standard has established a Low-Carbon Transport working group which will develop eligibility criteria to certify low-carbon transport-related bonds. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds chair The group consists of Michael Replogle, managing ...