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IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
The IFC has expanded its Edge certification program to include BNP Paribas' ClimateSeed carbon offset program. ClimateSeed is one of six accepted carbon offset programs in IFC's Zero Carbon Green Bujildings certificate under the IFC Edge program. To ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... that the biggest and most influential businesses in the world have the intention to operate with a purpose broader than profit. The trick now is for words to become actions. Recently the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... climate or global warming," Liu said. "The first thing to note is that the insurance and reinsurance industry is a for-profit industry. We're on the forefront of any weather pattern changes. We watch the trends, we watch any developments very closely ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... quo by outlining clear best practice for disclosure." The Tax Standard builds on the OECD Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), "which requires large multinationals (in OECD countries) to provide country-by-country data to tax administrations," ...

LeapFrog Investments names Julia Gillard to leadership council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... council. "Today we welcome three of the most substantive and connected cross-sector leaders in the world, who deeply share our Profit with Purpose vision and methodology," said Dr Andrew Kuper, founder and CEO of LeapFrog investments. "These three global ...

HESTA allocates $200m to healthcare property mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... and community services sector, housing organisation Nightingale Housing and Social Ventures Australia (SVA), a not-for-profit that works with partners to alleviate disadvantage," according to HESTA and SVA.

Ausbil joins Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... environment and to the branding of companies associated. Nicholas Varcoe, ESG analyst, Ausbil IDPP was launched by global not-for-profit As You Sow, as part of an initiative of the Plastic Solutions Investor Alliance (PSIA), citing plastic pollution ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... industry associations which obstruct climate policy in Australia. ACCR is joined by Vision Super (Australia), a not-for-profit community super fund with around 100,000 members managing over AUD$10 billion in assets, MP Pension (Denmark), a member-owned ...

ACSI issues updated Governance Guidelines for ASX300 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has updated its Governance Guidelines, reflecting the impact of the Banking and Financial Services Royal Commission and stressing the need to incorporate environmental, social and governance ...

Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Companies that have sustainability practices with strategic differences to peers are associated with higher rates of return on capital, according to a paper from Calvert Research and Management. Anne B. Matusewicz, CAIA, responsible investment strategy ...