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Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Africa, particularly Australian mining companies with the goal of obtaining greater reporting around environmental and social issues and recent changes to supply by Wesfarmers is one example of the fund's role as an active investor. The majority of the ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... comparison to other Australian investment managers. New Forests also maintains internal sustainability systems - the New Forests Social and Environmental Management System (SEMS) as well as commitments to sustainability reporting. The company's SEMS ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... unit trust, which is usually a prerequisite for inclusion. Thus, members have found their way to Cruelty Free Super via social media and through events that the fund attends. Coates is considering joining the Emerald Club, the distributor of the Emerald ...

Wesfarmers engagement leads to phosphate sourcing change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Superannuation fund is an industry superannuation fund with a commitment to ethical investment. See Also: Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment Christian Super allocates $6m to social enterprise fund

MSCI expands ESG research to fixed income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... broadened its ESG research coverage to include fixed income, offering data to investors for integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment process and measuring ESG risk exposure. MSCI's ESG research now covers more than ...

Bendigo Wealth to provide support to Cool Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Bendigo Wealth has announced a partnership with Cool Australia. The partnership will see Bendigo Wealth, the wealth management division of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, provide financial support for Cool Australia, a not-for-profit that educates Australian ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... pan-African network promoting investment in sustainable development, has launched a research project to gauge how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are integrated into investment processes. The AfricaSIF.org Marketplace Trends 2012 Report ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Green bonds are proving a popular option with investors, with demand exceeding supply in a recent regional French environmental bond. Sean Kidney, executive chair of the Climate Bonds Initiative says that the investor interest in green bonds should ...

Foresters finances Eating Disorders Victoria service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Foresters Community Finance has financed an expanded counseling service for Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV) through its Social Enterprise Solutions program. The loan will provide funds for EDV to provide community-based early intervention and ongoing ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... government and civil society institutions are beginning to take natural capital into consideration as an economic ecological and social asset. Natural capital is described as the planet's natural assets - soil, air, water, flora and fauna - and the ecosystem ...