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Carnegie Clean Energy to participate in global partnership to push Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... produce Unreasonable Goals, with the aim of "accelerating and achieving" the SDGs. Carnegie Energy has been selected to lead global business in achieving Goal 7 - affordable and clean energy. "It is an incredible honour to be recognised by the US State ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Conscious investment option invests in companies sourced from a bespoke index designed for VicSuper that combines the MSCI Global Fossil Fuels Exclusion Index, the MSCI Global Socially Responsible Index and an additional fossil fuel direct activity screen. ...

GRI, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launch new Indo-Pacific program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have partnered to launch a new program, Sustainable Trade and Investment through Reporting in the Indo-Pacific (STIR Indo-Pacific). The STIR Indo-Pacific program ...

Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Community Sector Banking has been recertified as a B Corporation. Andrew Cairns, CEO, Community Sector Banking B Corps are certified by B Lab and certification means meeting measures of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... by the commitments they made under the Paris Agreement to unlock the investment needed to move to a net zero emissions global economy." This announcement follows the recent release of a global investor statement signed by more than 280 investors representing ...

VicSuper affirms status as a tobacco-free superannuation fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund VicSuper has signed a global investor statement on tobacco and reaffirmed its status as a tobacco free superfund. Michael Dundon, CEO, VicSuper This week marked World No Tobacco Day, and the AU$17 billion VicSuper signed the investor ...

CEFC publishes report on best practice initiatives for property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... measures will accelerate the market transformation needed to deliver high performance, low carbon buildings," said Tony Arnel, global director of Sustainability at NDY. "It's also important to recognise that buildings designed now, for completion in ...

Three quarters of Aussie investors use ESG in investment strategies: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... in their investment processes. said David Braga, BNP Paribas Securities Services' head of Australia and New Zealand. The global custodian surveyed more than 460 institutional investors and asset managers globally, with 44 institutional investors from ...

Demystifying ESG from Investor and Investee Perspectives: Michael Orzano

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Equity Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices, followed by a presentation on trends in ESG investment by Martina Macpherson, Global Head of ESG Indices, Product Management at S&P Dow Jones Indices. A panel of experts then analysed important issues for investors ...

Video: Demystifying ESG from Investor and Investee Perspectives: Martina Macpherson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Equity Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices, followed by a presentation on trends in ESG investment by Martina Macpherson, Global Head of ESG Indices, Product Management at S&P Dow Jones Indices. A panel of experts then analysed important issues for investors ...