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Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative issues communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... The Nigerian Stock Exchange, The Stock Exchange of Thailand and Warsaw Stock Exchange. The SSE is convened by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Program's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), and P ...

CEFC looks to increase investment in bioenergy projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... at the CEFC stand at 10% or AU$100 million of the overall portfolio, Dow said in a speech at the Bioenergy Australia Conference 2014. The CEFC is focusing on "introducing internationally commercially proven technologies to the Australian market," the ...

Montreal Carbon Pledge a building block: Cbus' Atkin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Council, the PRI's chief governance body. The Montreal Carbon Pledge was announced in September at the PRI's annual conference. Pledge signatories are committing to measuring and publicly disclosing the carbon footprint of their investment portfolios ...

International Integrated Reporting Council launches Public Sector Pioneer Network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... government departments, according to IIRC. The group was launched at the World Bank Public Sector Integrated Reporting Conference in Washington this week. "Transparent, responsive, and accountable institutions are a vital part of what it takes to improve ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Christensen said this week while in Australia to present at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference. "We've been very encouraged by the progress the impact investing fund of funds strategy has made to date and the attention ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO That increase in public demand will be a running theme in this year's RIAA conference in Melbourne on the 27 th November, reflected in this year's conference title, Unleashing Responsible Investment. "What ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... from fossil fuel exploration, extraction, production and use," said Steve James, CEO Teachers Mutual Bank, at a recent conference in Melbourne. The policy on lending to GHG emission-intensive projects is not an ad hoc policy, but grounded in the bank's ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... climate policies to facilitate global investment. Frank Pegan (far right), CEO of Catholic Super speaks at a press conference earlier this week at the UN Climate Summit on the UN Global Compact's "Caring for Climate" initiative. Pictured from left: Nick ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... and affordable loans, savings, energy inclusion and other programs and has reached over 125,000 people. At a press conference announcing the strategy launch at the Good Money store site in Collingwood, Victoria, Adam Mooney, Good Shepherd Microfinance ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... influencing investments of major pension funds globally," Noble said in a speech to the Victorian Farmers Federation Conference, which Noble provided to The Sustainability Report. "... The global understanding of the megatrends I have described has led ...