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Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... that, if it is heard by the Liberal party, if they do come back to government after the election, they will have to shift core energy policies, which would be an incredible outcome," Yates said. "If Labor wins, the new government could revert back to ...

Institutional Shareholder Services purchases CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... Paterson said. "Our primary motivation was the local team and a commitment to a local presence and CAER will be retaining as the core team and going forward as the local office for ISS ESG here in Canberra," he said. "It's interesting from our perspective ...

Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne. "We are thrilled to be joining the CBI Partner Program. It aligns with the core green objectives of our New Dimension strategic plan for 2018-2020, through which we aim to become a market pioneer in green ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Core Civic and GEO Group, two companies at the heart of an organised grassroots campaign against US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention, have been flagged for controversies under MSCI 's ESG ratings system. For the US grassroots groups ...

A4S to address sustainability, disclosure at World Congress of Accountants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... a pretty rapid shift," Fries said. "You're starting to see a more tangible commitment, ones that are really going to the core of financing and really trying to find ways to mainstream, integrated within mainstream financing around some of the works that ...

GPIF selects S&P Down Jones Indices for ESG benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Standard, S&P DJI said. "As S&P Global looks to power the markets of the future, supporting sustainable investing is at the core of our strategy," said Douglas Peterson, president and CEO of S&P Global. "Companies and institutional investors increasingly ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... roadmaps, UNDP said. The initiative "spells out the need for investors and companies of all sizes to adapt and transform their core business strategies to deliver financial, social and environmental performance, and to use the SDGs as the basis for engaging ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Millennials are not aware of everything else out there in the market." The paper notes that "integration of climate risks into core risk management systems are still evolving "to cope with the complexity of climate change and its implications to investments." ...

WorldGBC launches Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... WorldGBC. World GBC noted that the AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund, an AU$5.7 billion fund that invests in Premium and A Grade core office assets in Australia, committed to be carbon neutral across its portfolio of 13 buildings by 2030, which will ...

Responsible investment reaches tipping point, more work to come: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... (ESG) factors as well as engaging directly on these issues to influence corporate Australia, noted Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. Core Responsible Investments using negative or positive screening, sustainability themed investments, impact investing and community ...