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Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... to invest in areas where it does good for the environment and fits our risk and return profile," Pegan told The Sustainability Report after the discussion. "Our fundamental job is to invest for the benefit of our members for the long term,... Roughly ...

SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... its mental wellbeing initiatives as well as improve some of its internal reporting mechanisms, the fund told The Sustainability Report. See Also: Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... the requirements of the SIS Act, they can also consider impact. Now that is something that people in the ESG and sustainability space would regard as common sense, but it's not accepted culturally in the industry. For them to say that is helpful." Building ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... examines the ESG information to see how the ESG data correlates with traditional quantitative factors such as earnings sustainability and earnings volatility. "The way I would generally describe the statistical relationships is complementary," she said. ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... community groups, will establish the first Good Money retail site early in 2015, Mooney has previously told The Sustainability Report. The South Australia government has allocated funding towards the Good Money project - AU$112,000 in set up costs and ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... increasingly part of managements' and boards' dialogue," said Chi Woo, KPMG Australia partner, climate change and sustainability practice. "This is in part due to the interconnectedness of issues and the volatility in the local and global economy we ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) as S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM announce the results of the 2013 DJSI review. CBA was one of the largest additions to the DJSI this year, with Dow Jones ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Australian/New Zealand property companies continue to outperform global peers in sustainability reporting and performance, according to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) 2014 results. Australia/NZ property companies received an ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... ICROA said. "Increasingly, businesses are considering their carbon management activities as part of their broader sustainability programmes, covering total environmental impact, citizenship and supply chain resilience," the report said. "Carbon offsetting ...

Pollinate Energy to partner with Powershop

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... are sold. Pollinate Energy also is setting up to launch in its second city, the organisation has confirmed to The Sustainability Report. Pollinate Energy is "looking closely" at Hyderabad as the second city, among other options, Seller said. "Hyderabad ...