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EY issues call to action to companies over social license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... relate to whether and how companies maintain social license, how they protect their corporate value and how they set strategy and communicate that strategy to external stakeholders in a time where corporate trust has eroded. "I think we've just got a ...

RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The strong surge in consumer interest and demand for responsible and ethical investment and retirement products is a challenge and an opportunity for the financial services industry, the key theme of the upcoming Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

CEFC identifies Australian states with best incentives for bioenergy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has identified New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as having policies that create an incentive for the deployment of energy from waste and bioenergy ...

Shell Scenarios on pathways to net-zero emissions

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
Global oil and gas producer Shell is exploring how a net-zero emissions future will impact on their business strategy, using plausible futures scenario predictions to aid in their decision making. Shell's company strategy now and into the future is ...

New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
A majority of New Zealanders believe that it is important that KiwiSaver funds consider environmental, social and/or ethical factors, according to the results of a survey for the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor ...

Cash Converters to pay more than $12 million after ASIC investigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
Payday lender Cash Converters will refund AU$10.8 million to consumers and has paid an AU$1.35 million penalty after an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ASIC agreed to ...

Australia, NZ assets perform strongly in GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand infrastructure assets have performed strongly in the inaugural GRESB Infrastructure Assessment for 2016. The inaugural GRESB Infrastructure Assessment has found that infrastructure fund entities' performance is "overall strong" ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Fund. Investors also looked to decarbonise investment portfolios, such as NZ Superannuation Fund's announced four-level strategy to reduce its carbon footprint. Investors are also engaging with policymakers on climate policies, the report noted. "The ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire chief operating officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired Peter de Graaf as chief operating officer (COO). Fiona Reynolds, managing director, Principles for Responsible Investment de Graaf comes to PRI From the London-based management consultancy Carnstone ...

SSGA launches tobacco, controversial weapons-free global equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... those engaged in making cluster bombs, landmines, chemical and biological weapons and depleted uranium weapons. "The strategy has been quite a few years in the making because we have quite a number of very large institutional investors for whom we manage ...