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Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... participants have joined with the broader Families Belong Together coalition. Besides Center for Popular Democracy and Make the Road New York, other NGOs including Moms Rising, In the Public Interest and others have joined. It can be likened to Australia's ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched SDG Impact, an initiative designed to help channel private investment and capital into the achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "As outlined in the Secretary-General's vision ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand's real estate sector has outperformed other regions in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance for the eighth year in a row, according to the 2018 GRESB benchmark. (Source: GRESB) This year, the region achieved ...

WorldGBC launches Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... of carbon emissions equivalent (CO 2 e) from their buildings by 2050. That is the equivalent of 44.7 million cars off the road for one year. Signatories are required to "evaluate their current energy use and associated emissions across their portfolios ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... representatives of a more targeted campaign, called Corporate Backers of Hate and led by the Center for Popular Democracy and Make the Road New York, protested outside of J P Morgan Chase's CEO Jamie Dimon's house last week. According to a media report ...

Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Finance sector institutions representing more than 300 institutions with $10 trillion in assets have called for the development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps for Australia and New Zealand. The statement was released at the end of the 2018 United Nations ...

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
With the recent introduction of the Modern Slavery Bill to Parliament, companies with annual turnover of $100 million are in line to report annually on their actions to address modern slavery in operations and the supply chain. The bill is widely expected ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... ourselves as providing diversified access to the SDGs," Siegloff said. "This whole area is developing, where the rubber hits the road, with the SDGs, but also the Global Compact - we're all coming together now to say, what can we do with this, what is ...

Future of mobility requires key action by business, policy makers: SBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... park-wide employees driving alone. This saves 23,464 tonnes of CO2 each year, the equivalent of taking 4,992 cars off the road," the report noted. While the report is focused on the urban experience, there is applicability to rural and remote areas of ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Australia index. "We worked with MSC to create this index because clients wanted something that went further down the ESG road, so yes, this fund has existing clients in it," Darroch said. "With the focus of ESG type investing in Australia, we expect ...