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Christian Super to merge with Australian Christian Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... without sacrificing financial performance, with allocations towards renewable energy, clean technologies, sustainable agriculture, microfinance and microinsurance. Australian Christian Super was founded in 1994 to serve the church and not for profit ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... - saying that those megatrends can impact on the sector's investment returns. "Each of these megatrends will shape agriculture investment in the coming decades and are already influencing investments of major pension funds globally," Noble said in a ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Morgan and GIIN said, and more "investors plan to increase the percentage of their portfolios allocated to Food & Agriculture, Healthcare, and Financial Services (excluding Microfinance); the highest number of investors plan to decrease the percentage ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... trusts and foundations and institutional investors have implemented impact investment strategies in sectors including "agriculture, microfinance, renewable energy, small and medium enterprises, healthcare, affordable housing and community development," ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Infrastructure and urban and agriculture property assets expose investors to both the risks and the opportunities of climate change and other macro-economic challenges. By investing in companies and projects that actively measure and manage the risks ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... corporations against seven low-carbon, climate resilient themes - transport, energy, finance, buildings and industry, agriculture and forestry and waste and pollution control to derive the list. Transport bonds dominated the list of climate-themed bonds ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... conference, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon launched three new issue platforms for business support, covering education, agriculture, and peace. They are designed to complement existing UN Global Compact platforms on children's rights, women's empowerment ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... to decarbonise the global energy system by 2020, more capital will also be required for other sectors - industry, agriculture and forestry - as well as making economies resilient to climate shocks. However, actual investment figures have lagged HSBC's ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... corporations against seven low-carbon, climate resilient themes - transport, energy, finance, buildings and industry, agriculture and forestry and waste and pollution control to derive the list. Transport bonds dominated the list of climate-themed bonds ...

National Sustainability Council issues macro-theme report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... concomitant pressures on energy, water and food system resources which should also drive demand for Australian commodities, agriculture and services, climate change's impacts and how Australia should adapt, and how new technologies can provide opportunities ...