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Pengana WHEB Sustainable Investing Impact Report identifies positives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... around areas such as carbon emissions abated, renewable energy generation, water consumption distribution, recycling, healthcare, and tertiary education, among other themes. "Advisors who are specialist ethical or sustainable advisors, clearly, they ...

Impact Investment Partners on Indigenous Infrastructure Investment Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... electricity, clean and safe drinking water, or infrastructure needed to provide education and schooling outcomes and healthcare," Croker said. "Once we establish that, then we review how we can structure it to be a commercial/for-profit investment. Once ...

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... sectors of ASX200 companies - mining, financial services, construction and property, food, beverages and agriculture and healthcare - are most at risk of exposure to modern slavery, according to new research commissioned by the Australian Council of ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... socially progressive projects in Australia. QBE is looking towards areas such as affordable housing, renewable energy and healthcare. "For us in the Premiums4Good portfolio, it's fair to say that the investments in terms of the measurement tools, effectively ...

Nanuk Asset Management on sustainability aspects of artificial intelligence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... and real-time analytics which underpin a number of megatrends," including autonomous machines, smart infrastructure, healthcare, resource efficiency and internet services. The efficiencies in these areas mean that listed global companies engaged in artificial ...

Giant Leap venture capital fund seeks impact businesses for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... Kylie Charlton and Peter Cameron. The fund is sector agnostic, but the fund hopes to see more opportunities in the healthcare and education sectors "because there are social issues there that we would love to see addressed through business," Richardson ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... as part of its Premiums4Good program. QBE is looking towards areas such as affordable housing, renewable energy and healthcare. QBE manages a portfolio of more than $20 billion globally, and the company's interest in impact investing began in 2014, said ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... efficiency, industrial efficiency, waste, pollution and recycling, water, food and agriculture, advanced materials, and healthcare technology as the overarching themes to their investment process, Siegloff said. By looking at the themes and examining ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... ascertain what's true, what's not true in terms of health claims. At Ausbil, our retail sector analyst is also the healthcare analyst, which helps in terms of analysis."

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... finance to low-income people, including buying from smallholder farmers, or offering housing, education, and affordable healthcare. The funds will also be used to help lending to women-owned enterprises, and fund projects such as those that lend mainly ...