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UCA Funds Management certified as B Corp, signs Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Funds Management) UCA Funds Management joins more than 2,500 companies across 130 industries in 50 countries to gain the global B Corp accreditation, which identifies businesses and organisations with sustainable and ethical practices. B Corps are certified ...

Omega Global Investors, Pinnacle Investment Management in strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Omega Global Investors has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Pinnacle Investment Management Group Limited. Mathew McCrum, co-founder Omega Global Investors Pinnacle has purchased a minority equity stake in the $4.2 billion Omega, leaving ...

Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... align banking, insurance and investment with the UN Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals is important for the global shift to an inclusive, resilient and low-carbon economy." Signatories include the Investor Group on Climate Change, the Principles ...

Rosenberg Equities to manage $1bn ESG mandate for CalPERS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... platform of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), and the mandate from CalPERS will see Rosenberg Equities manage a $1 billion global equity ESG model implementation portfolio. The new mandate is based off to the same strategy that fosm the AXA IM Sustainable ...

S&P Dow Jones launches Carbon Price Risk Adjusted Index Series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... economy progress, future carbon prices could lead to significant increased costs for companies which have not managed their global emissions," said Hannah Skeates, senior director, ESG and Strategy Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "The S&P Carbon Price ...

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... reporting mechanisms. One company that will be covered under the pending legislation is Konica Minolta Australia. Although the global business is headquartered in Tokyo, its Australian operations do have annual turnover of more than $100 million. The ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... strategies now account for 26% of all professionally managed assets globally, totaling US$22.82 trillion, according to the GSIA; Global Sustainable Investment Review 2016. In Australia, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... equities managers when it comes to ESG integration, there's a smaller proportion of those that score highly in comparison to global equity managers, Barral said. While a small minority of active Japanese equity managers show best in class integration ...

CEFC commits $35 million to finance expansion of intelliHUB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... CEFC) The debt finance will go towards the expansion of intelliHUB - a joint venture between Pacific Equity Partners and global smart meter leader Landis+Gyr that is acquiring Acumen, Origin Energy's $267 million smart meter business unit. The Acumen ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Steel, Boral, Origin Energy, Qantas, Santos, South21m Woodside, and Woolworths "The growth of Climate Action 100+ among the global investment community in the last six months is more than we ever expected," said Anne Simpson, investment director of sustainability ...