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Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Investor Group on Climate Change, the Principles for Responsible Investment, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), the UN Environment's Principles for Sustainable Insurance, and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative. "Getting ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... generating environmental impact. A panel of experts discussed the results of Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)'s Benchmarking Impact: Australian Impact Investment Activity and Performance Report 2018, created in partnership with the ...

Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... quadrupled between 2015 and 2017, according to new report launched today by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) at Swinburne University. Benchmarking Impact: Australian Impact ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Global Sustainable Investment Review 2016. In Australia, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)'s 2017 benchmark report, at 31 December 2016, responsible investment constituted $622 billion assets under management (AUM) ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... social and corporate governance risks and opportunities, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Super Fund Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2018. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The report, now in its second year, has ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... negative screening and integrates ESG factors. Earlier this year, the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA), the peak body representing responsible and ethical investors across Australia and New Zealand, recently certified the Nanuk ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has certified BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX: FAIR) as part of its certification program. Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares The RIAA Responsible Investment Certification ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... year. The Royal Commission will put a strong focus on that, and certainly responsible investors are really engaged with it." RIAA will also focus on the pipeline of product development that will potentially meet that demand for investors for products ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... outcomes. This is the conclusion of a panel of engagement experts speaking at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference in Sydney. Michael Jantzi, CEO of Sustainalytics noted that he thinks of engagement as a toolbox ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... impacts on bonds portfolios in terms of risk adjust returns. Panelists discuss ESG integration in fixed income portfolios at RIAA 2017 Conference (L-R: Loren Sageser, Product Strategist - ESG, PIMCO; Mervyn Tang, Vice President ESG Research, MSCI; Yen ...