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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 ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... campaign targeting banks JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo for providing debt financing for two for-profit prison companies - Core Civic and GEO Group - that operate immigrant detention centres housing people. For the US grassroots organisations, which ...

Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... sector. RA: Can you elaborate on the structure of what Future IM/Pact is going to do and how it's going to roll out? YB: At its core, it's a proposition to students, so that's the starting point. It's a communication message that says, "This is a career ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... companies, in particular, have consistently outperformed the index over the past four years. "It is evident that there is a core group of pacesetters for good disclosure practices. However, although the leaders are getting better, other companies are ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... whereas this is a floating rate credit fund." The fund must have a minimum 75% invested in predominantly investment grade 'core' credit assets, with up to a maximum 25% investment to a 'plus' allocation of high yield and unrated securities. This "barbell ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... under estrangement, and the Nanuk New World Fund, with $75 million in assets under management. The New World Fund employs a "core sustainable investing approach," which is sustainably themed, uses positive and negative screening and integrates ESG factors. ...