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Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... considerations of climate-related risks, investor collaboration around corporate engagement issues and the growing interest in impact investment as a theme, O'Connor said. The growing acceptance of ESG integration by mainstream, large institutional investors ...

Climate Bond Standard to establish water investment criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
A Climate Bonds Expert Working Group is developing criteria for water investments that can be used to back green and climate bonds certified under the Climate Bond Standard. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The working group was brought together ...

CDSB publishes final draft of expanded framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has released the final draft of its expanded reporting framework. The new CDSB framework will be launched in March 2015. This second, draft version of the standard incorporates comment provided to the initial ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... incorporated into hteo overall investment governance and risk management model," she said. " Climate risk does not only impact fossil fuel companies -we've been focused on fossil fuel companies, but climate risk impacts the whole of portfolio, and therefore ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
There is a business case for increasing the amount of urban green space by 20% by 2020, according to 202020 Vision, a multistakeholder group. 202020 Vision, which is comprised of businesses, governments, academics, NGOs and community groups, has launched ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... adopt principles similar to S172 of the UK Companies Act, which charges directors with having a responsibility to regard impact on the community and the environment, among other responsibilities. The paper also asks stakeholders to consider government's ...

oekom research: ESG ratings improve bond performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... seeking to avoid, the inclusion of ESG data into the investment process is beneficial, oekom said. oekom also looked to the impact of sustainability ratings on the level of interest on cooperate bond issuance. The study found that companies with "an ...

Impact Investing Australia hires Daniel Madhavan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Impact Investing Australia has hired Daniel Madhavan to the newly created role of chief executive officer. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia Madhavan comes to Impact Investing Australia from JBWere, where he worked for 12 years in a range ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... should or should not disclose, but if a superannuation fund determines that an environmental or social issue has material impact on the fund, it must be disclosed in the risk management declaration, APRA confirmed. This explicit broadening of the definition ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... South Wales (UNSW) has issued its firs t sustainability report, disclosing its environmental and social performance and the impact of its sustainability research and education. The university disclosed its performance around waste, water and energy ...