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Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... will be other parts that might look quite different- strategic holdings in companies, the venture capital piece, the agriculture, the way we think about climate change. All these sorts of things could lead to differences. There's one other thing we haven't ...

First State Super invests in Australian tech, almonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... allocations in recent months, investing in venture capital focusing on Australian internet start-ups and Australia agriculture, which the fund says is in line with the investment principal of universal ownership. First State Super has invested AU$110 ...

Diversity Council Australia rates Asia capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... better distributions of Asia capability, while the worst performing were transport and warehousing, construction, agriculture and forestry, Annese said. This first report is intended to act as a benchmark for Australian business performance, Annese said. ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... will be benchmarked against those indicators. The companies will cover three industry sectors - food and beverage/agriculture, apparel, and extractives. The benchmark has been developed by fund managers Aviva Investors and Calvert Investments, the Business ...

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark issues draft indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... will be benchmarked against those indicators. The companies will cover three industry sectors - food and beverage/agriculture, apparel, and extractives. The benchmark has been developed by fund managers Aviva Investors and Calvert Investments, the Business ...

Climate-aligned bond universe reaches $597.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... clean energy, which made up 20%, or US$118.4 billion. The remaining 10% of bonds came from buildings and industry, agriculture and forestry, waste and pollution, water themes, and multi-sector bonds. The report was commissioned by the HSBC Climate Change ...

Climate change impacts on investments "inevitable": Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... human activity, etc. Some of the sector analysis is challenged in that way - if you want to make a statement about agriculture, it's actually complex, and you have to analyse differing studies, data and views. However we have undertaken sector analysis ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... alternative." The Bioenergy Technical Working Group is comprised of international experts including members of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, National Wildlife Federation, International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS) ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... landfill gas, alternative waste treatment, avoided deforestation, reforestation, savannah burning and other types of agriculture activities. The expectation is that... a lot of them if not all of them will participate in the auction because with the ...

CEFC finances $20m in business energy improvements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... through energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements. "We're very pleased with the response from business in the agriculture sector and from manufacturers in the program's early stages, with finance towards projects totalling $20 million in value ...