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Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - The Highlights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - The Highlights from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. Responsible and ethical investing is no longer a fad, no longer a trend, but is quickly becoming mainstream behaviour ...

Video: Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - Full Discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Ethical and Responsible Investing in the 21st Century: Don't look back now - Full Panel Discussion from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. Responsible and ethical investing is no longer a fad, no longer a trend, but is quickly becoming mainstream behaviour ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Almost a quarter of Australian corporate executives say "having a positive societal impact as the most important measure in evaluating their annual performance," according to global research by Deloitte. Robert Hillard, chief strategy and innovation ...

IOSCO releases statement on ESG-related disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has emphasised that environmental, social and governmental (ESG) matters "though sometimes characterized as non-financial, may have a material short-term and long-term impact on the business ...

Calix identifies six sustainability challenges impacting clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Australian technology company Calix has outlined six sustainability challenges over the next decade that they are working on with clients. Andrew Oakley, general manager, strategy and commercial, Calix Calix named reducing CO2 emissions, creating energy ...

Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Natixis has joined the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) Partners Program. Natixis is the international corporate and investment banking, asset management, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
More than 130 Queensland sugarcane farmers are participating in a partnership between Coca-Cola and the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF-Australia), which provides funding to study innovative and more sustainable farming techniques to positively ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
A majority of companies that manufacture consumer products are not considering potentially hazardous ingredient responsibility and its relationship to company sustainability, according to research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at ...

Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Investors can unlock "significant positive alpha" by combining big data mining techniques and traditional ESG ratings, according to TruValue Labs. TruValue Labs, a San Francisco based research firm that uses artificial intelligence to analyze and interpret ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has launched the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The fund "invests in companies with sound sustainability profiles and avoids companies that are vulnerable to long-term earnings risk from sustainability weaknesses," ...