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Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Global Compact signatories are a good group with whom to discuss these issues. The SDGs align heavily with that - business's impact on addressing issues like poverty and inequality." However, it is still early days and not all companies have turned their ...

Conduct risk a concern for financial services sector: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and penalties for improper conduct could increase in future, which could impact on investment risk and returns, noted Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, head of ESG research at Ausbil Investment Management. ...

Financial Impact Action Plan program to target exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
A coalition of organisations including Good Shepherd Microfinance, EY, Centre for Social Impact (CSI), and the Australian government has launched the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) program. FIAPs are intended to commit organisations to coordinated ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership, collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... help companies measure and report on their efforts around the new Sustainable Development Goals, in ways that both show impact and are aligned with emerging best reporting practices." Michael Meehan, GRI chief executive, pointed to the GRI's role in ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... and goods rental "actually made a difference for the credit services available to lower income Australians = real social impact," among other comments, according to ESG RA. ESG RA received nomination for 22 pieces of research conducted during 2015. ESG ...

AXA IM Smart Beta fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... pragmatic approach to capture the market return." AXA IM currently has AU$655 billion (â,¬333 billion) of ESG-integrated and impact investments managed globally. RIAA has maintained a certification program for 10 years, but spent last year revising ...

PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... the PRI's commitments, but the reporting is confined to process, not outcomes. "We measure progress and not outcomes and impact," Reynolds said. "What we're thinking about is developing the reporting framework such that it has additional features to ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... organisation," Emslie said. " It all starts with our goal to maximise members' retirement outcomes. Our belief is that ESG can impact on the long term risks and returns of investments, and to achieve our goals, we have to consider ESG issues alongside ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... value chain considerations. For example, companies may have a low or a high direct carbon footprint but their products may impact positively/negatively on climate change risk, this is not captured by carbon footprinting. We think the industry needs to ...

Investor groups publish sustainable real estate guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Global investor networks including the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have published a sustainable research guide covering real estate investments. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC Sustainable Real Estate Investment - Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement ...