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Australian Ethical Investment opens 2018 community grants program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... managing director Australian Ethical donates 10% of its annual after-tax profits to charitable organisations and social impact initiatives that " do tangible good for the planet, people, and animals." Since 2000, Australian Ethical has donated almost ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... bonds." Matt Christensen, AXA IM's global head of responsible investment, gave an update on responsible investment and impact investing as a way to reorient towards sustainable and inclusive growth. Worldwide, responsible investment is undergoing an ...

Pollinate Energy merges with US-based Empower Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... and solar fans, addresses climate change and human rights issues around poverty, enabling the organisation to directly impact a number of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) goals. Products are distributed through a unique network ...

Regnan research finds correlation between company performance, conduct culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... legally or in terms of compliance, but also having the conduct that say, 'if we don't behave in the right way, this is our impact on customers, this is our impact on the community. Therefore we have to avoid this behaviour,'" Vamos said. "If it's part ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Darroch also noted that SSGA engages with portfolio companies on issues including climate change and gender equality that impact on long-term value creation. "I think that if you have a look at the asset stewardship, the exposure to carbon is not the ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... would upset a company. For example, situational liabilities that aren't on the balance sheet, but could have a landmine impact. They could be acquisitive and happy to take on debt to fund activity, which is a potential landmine." Insight Investment uses ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... double its total global surface area, with the addition of over 230 billion square metres (sqm). This will have a large impact on the volume and costs associated with both consumables and greenhouse gas emissions. An abundance of organisations are now ...

Cement companies need to "more than double" emissions reductions: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... internal carbon price, "which is a significant risk in a sector where carbon pricing legislation could have a material impact." Further, "cement companies are not incentivizing long-term climate risk management through executive level remuneration, with ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... pay was highest, are not the strongest performers." These reports on executive pay and performance did not examine the impact of share repurchases, but Marshall has compared the data from the current study on share buybacks and executive remuneration ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Development Goals (SDGs), Atkin said. "We're trying to understand the current footprint of ourselves as an investor and what impact we are having on specific SDGs," he said. "Our aspiration is that over time, the marketplace but also we, ourselves, in ...