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Victorian social housing commitment potential opportunity for impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Performance Report 2020 by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), the total impact investment universe in Australia stood at $19.9 billion, with $2.2 billion invested in real assets such as housing. Experts have told FS Sustainability ...

State of the climate report confirms need for climate-aware investing: Future Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change in people's lives has resulted in a huge amount of growth [for Future Super]," Hunter said. "People across Australia are sitting up and taking notice. They know that they own their superannuation and are taking an active role in grabbing ...

Women continue to make strides in ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... encouraging to see that the ASX 300 is very close to reaching 30% women on boards," said Nicola Wakefield Evans, 30% Club Australia chair. "We will continue to target those companies on the ASX who fail to recognise not only the obvious benefits of board ...

Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
A coalition of Australian fund managers and super funds have written the 100 largest companies in Australia, encouraging them to examine broad supply chain risks of labour exploitation as a leading indicator of modern slavery. The coalition of 24 investors ...

Climate change, SDG impacts of US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
As President-Elect Joe Biden prepares the next administration, there are implications for action in Australia as well as for achieving greater alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As of publication, Biden and Vice-President Elect ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... a growing number of our customers, team members and shareholders expect us to lead on." Woolworths use around 1% of Australia's national electricity, Banducci noted. "Over the coming years, we'll invest tens of millions of dollars into renewable energy ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
AustralianSuper is pledging to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in its investment portfolios and ramping up its commitment to renewables. Following a board meeting in October, the super fund decided it was in members' best interest that it positions ...

Cost of no climate action to hit Australian economy: Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Access Economics' estimates that the top six industries hardest hit by COVID represent 32% of all employed people in Australia and 25% of GDP, measured in weekly payroll data. Linking the post-COVID recovery to building long term policy to manage ...

BetaShares to launch ethical diversified ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... components to having ethical investment building blocks constructed into it." BetaShares dominates the ESG ETP sector in Australia with 73% of funds under management in three ETPs - the global equities-focused ethical ETF ETHI, the Australian equities-focused ...

Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
As investor demand for funds that demonstrate positive social and environmental impacts as well as financial returns increase, a recently launched impact credit strategy managed by Regnan is outperforming its benchmark. In late January of this year ...