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Victorian government chooses programs for social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... 15 countries, with over 21 of these already reporting positive social outcomes and 4 projects that have fully repaid investor capital, Impact Investing Australia noted. Victoria becomes the fourth state in Australia to explore social impact bonds. NSW ...

WBCSD, CDSB, Ecodesk create Reporting Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and Ecodesk have created a free global sustainability reporting knowledge platform. The Reporting Exchange will " identify the reporting regulations ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank will finance a New South Wales social impact investment to fund a program to reduce recidivism by parolees in that state. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia The NSW state government issued the program, called On ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Nearly AU$633 billion of Australia's assets under management are being invested responsibly, according to the latest benchmark report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). RIAA has published the Responsible Investment Benchmark ...

AXA IM hires Alix Chosson to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has hired Alix Chosson to its responsible investment team. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Chosson has been hired as energy fundamentals analyst, will be based in London and reports to ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... while ANZ, NAB and Westpac have all issued Climate Bond Initiative-certified bonds. "It helps in Australia that the [Investor Group on Climate Change] is a board member of the project because it's a simple and clear investor demand signal," Kidney said. ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has signed the Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties, which explicitly links consideration of environmental, social and governance issues to fiduciary responsibility. The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UNEP FI ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... stages of having those ESG issues. "From my observation, the ESG market is really, it's almost driven by the grassroots investor, so you're really seeing that. We see this quite a bit - the mums and dads go to their financial planner to seek options ...

90% of ASX200 companies report on sustainability: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Ninety percent of ASX200 companies provided some level of reporting on sustainability factors in their 2015 public disclosures, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) annual review of corporate sustainability disclosure. ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
There is a multistakeholder push to develop metrics to more accurately measure the social impacts of affordable housing developments, with investors, intermediaries and housing providers all seeking more reliable standards to assess social as well as ...