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The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Fund has hired appointed Joel Posters as its new head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA Brisbane-based financial planners Ethical Investment Advisers has launched a separately ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Further, superannuation funds and collaborative organisations that have taken a position on sustainable and/or ethical investment and that consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) related risks and opportunities are making a values-based judgement ...

Christian Super selects three impact investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... strategic goals of the fund - both the ability to find well priced risk adjusted investments and to fit the ethical investment policy of the fund, Murphy said. The fund has chosen to dedicate some of the time of policy analyst Simba Marekera to the task ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... senior portfolio manager from Uniting Financial Services. Moore also sits on the Uniting Church (NSW) Synods Ethical Investment Committee and is a former director of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). "In making these responsible ...

Montreal Carbon Pledge a building block: Cbus' Atkin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... up thru the analysis." Cbus is "assessing" the implications of the pledge, Atkin said. Thus far, Australian Ethical Investment is the only confirmed Australian signatory to the Montreal Carbon Pledge, according to the online portal established for the ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Increasing public demand for ethical investment products represents a "call to action" for the responsible investment industry in Australia, according to the chief executive officer of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
It was the Romans who said pecunia non olet, but from an ethical investment perspective, that no longer holds true. Ethical cash management has emerged as an issue in the push for institutional investors to divest from assets that are carbon emissions-intensive ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia. In this role, he managed a AU$260 million direct property portfolio, in line with the sustainable and ethical investment principles of the Uniting Church in Australia. He has also previously held senior roles with ASX listed property fund ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey, formerly a senior relationships manager at Australian Ethical Investment, and Simon Sheikh, former national director at GetUp!. Verway Sheikh met whilst campaigning as Green Party candidates in ACT ...

Australian Ethical names new portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund, the fund manager said. See Also Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust Australian Ethical Investment hires head of ethics