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Acorns launches ethical investment portfolio option Emerald Portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Micro-investing app Acorns has launched a new ethical investment portfolio option. George Lucas, Acorns Australia CEO and managing director Acorns Australia customers can now select the Emerald Portfolio investment to the app, which is designed to meet ...

Carnegie Clean Energy to participate in global partnership to push Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Carnegie Clean Energy has been selected to participate in a program backed by the U.S. State Department and Unreasonable Group to focus on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The U.S. State Department and Unreasonable Group have partnered ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... (ESG) approach. The Socially Conscious investment option has been certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australia as a socially responsible investment option, VicSuper said. "The asset allocation went from a high growth option to a balanced ...

GRI, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launch new Indo-Pacific program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... AU$1 million in funding for another Indo-Pacific partnership, designed to promote sustainable trade and investment in Australia and in the region, including Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Papua New Guinea. The partnership will explore how sustainability ...

New South Wales Treasury Corporation joins ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
The New South Wales Treasury Corporation (TCorp) has joined the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO TCorp is the financial and investment management provider for the NSW Government and manages more than $80 ...

Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... than 2,160 certified B Corp businesses from more than 130 industries in over 50 countries, and currently 155 B Corps in Australia. Community Sector Banking previously won the Best for Communities award at the Best of the Best awards in California in ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund, Victorian government to spread word on EUAs to SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... government passed legislation extending the structure state-wide. The current state of price increases and volatility in Australia, coupled with the declining costs of solar installation, has spurred interest and uptake in EUAs, Bocskay said. "We saw ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... signed by more than 280 investors representing more than US$17 trillion in assets under management, including some of Australia's largest pension funds, urging governments to stand by the Paris Agreement. "Investors fought long and hard for a strong ...

CEFC publishes report on best practice initiatives for property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... laboratories), common living (e.g. aged care and student accommodation) and education. "Property accounts for almost a quarter of Australia's carbon emissions, confirming there is a pressing need for action in this area," said Chris Wade, CEFC property ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... within our investment programs with some of the international grant funders and pay for performance schemes, and in Australia, the policy has been back and forth about a carbon trading regime or not. Our view is that we'd respond to the price signals ...