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Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Initiative's Low Carbon Transport Technical Working Group have released the Low Carbon Transport Standard for climate bonds. The proposed Low Carbon Transport criteria uses universal GHG emission thresholds defined on a per passenger-km ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers Group has highlighted improvements in worker safety and diversity measures as well as increasing transparency in its retail chains' supply chain in its 2015 sustainability report. Kate Chaney, sustainability manager corporate affairs, Wesfarmers ...

AMP Capital hire Kristen Le Mesurier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has hired Kristen Le Mesurier as senior ESG investment analyst, within AMP Capital's ESG Investment Research Team. Ian Woods, AMP Capital Investors Le Mesurier joins from APP Securities where she was associate director, financials on the ...

ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is further embedding its policy on gender diversity on ASX-listed boards by considering recommending against the re-election of directors of companies which perform poorly on that measure. Louise ...

Companies considering implication of BEPS reform: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Tax planning, payment and transparency are increasingly being seen as both social and governance issues by companies, according to a briefing by KPMG's international tax experts. Greg Wiebe, global head of tax, KPMG The Organisation for Economic Co-operation ...

VicSuper publishes annual report using GRI, IR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund VicSuper reported assets under management of AU$15 billion and an 11.1% net return on its default MySuper growth option as part of its 2014/2015 annual report. The superannuation fund used the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 reporting ...

ASrIA to merge with Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is establishing itself in Asia by taking over the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA). Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director ASrIA will integrate its organisation ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative will release the updated Climate Bonds Standards v2.0 later this month. The updated standards will make independent reviews of green bonds simpler and are currently out for public consultation, said Rob Fowler, a part of ...

Social Ventures Australia launch venture philanthropy fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Social Venture Australia (SVA) has launched a venture philanthropy fund for Queensland-based social-purpose organisations. Mark Herbertt, Social Ventures Australia Queensland director The Queensland venture philanthropy fund is designed to connect philanthropists ...

Ausbil Investment Management hire Mans Carlsson-Sweeny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has hired Mans Carlsson-Sweeny as head of ESG research. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital Carlsson-Sweeny comes to Ausbil from AMP Capital, where he was a senior ESG research analyst. He previously worked at Carnegie Investment ...