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Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... number of complex issues with our primary objective of delivering maximum retirement savings to our members." Other Australian investors and investor industry bodies who have signed the Paris Pledge include the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... a time of uncertainty: Indigenous peoples and climate change'. For her part, Gerrard spoke on a panel examining the Australian Indigenous experience with the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) with particular reference to the savanna methodology, and the ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... approximately $200,000." Money3's auditor BDO noted that no adjustments to provisions were required. Earlier this year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC ) has warned the payday lending industry to improve its consumer protections ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... manager, Altius Asset Management The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund was launched in December 2014 and is a diversified Australian fixed interest fund "focused on investing in companies which conduct their business and apply capital responsibly, giving ...

Elizabeth Proust appointed AICD chairman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Elizabeth Proust has been elected chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Proust has been a director of the AICD since March 2014. She is chairman of Nestle Australia, chairman of the Bank of Melbourne, and a member of the ...

ESG RA to become RIAA working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), RIAA has confirmed. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO ESG Research Associates has been an Australian association of superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants dedicated to "the amount and quality of stock ...

ARENA, CEFC back Barcaldine Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) are providing funding towards the construction of Barcaldine Regional Community Solar Farm in Queensland. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... governments to develop projects that can be financed by green/climate bonds. Whilst these 27 signatories do not include Australian institutions, the Investor Group on Climate Change has signed on as a support of the statement, along with Ceres Investor ...

ACSI annual report outlines 2015-2018 strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors reported that 78% of engagement targets showed improvement in the 2014/2015 year, while also increasing the number of companies they engaged with by 20%. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI released its ...

Assessing net benefits of Indigenous CFI projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... to savanna burning, which is a traditional activity carried out by Indigenous landowners, as an example in which the Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) generated from the activity have been sold through the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auctions ...