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SIRIS placed into administration, company confirms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Independent sustainability research firm the Sustainable Investment Research Institute (SIRIS) has been put administration, the company confirms. "We've been trying for about 18 months to find what we've referred to as a strategic investor, where what ...

Jessica Robinson named ASrIA general manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
The Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) has hired Jessica Robinson as general manager. Robinson has worked for over 15 years in professional services and business consulting, with specialism in the financial services ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... (ESG) factors being the single largest strategy employed by sustainable investors, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Review (GSIA). Globally, at least US$13.6 trillion assets under management incorporate ESG factors into investment decision-making ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Over 130 investment managers in Asia use sustainable investment approaches, and there is US$74bn of identified sustainable investment assets under management in the Asian region, according to a report from the Association for Sustainable and Responsible ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The recently published Australia in the Asian Century white paper is focused on structural changes to the Australian economy and society that will put the country on the path to respond to the opportunities and reduce risks of some of the challenges. ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... risks through our investment strategies, but also to view them as opportunities to promote a shift toward sustainable investment that balances economic, environmental, and social pressures on the land, and in particular forests. Because the mitigation ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The Africa Sustainable Investment Forum ( AfricaSIF.org ), a pan-African network promoting investment in sustainable development, has launched a research project to gauge how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are integrated into investment ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Flannery has joined the Climate Bonds Advisory Panel. Flannery is chief operating officer and director of sustainable investment strategies at Meister Consultants Group in Boston, and is a director of IFOK. He is also former CIO, Americas, of State Street ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Investment consultants Towers Watson believes that the world economies are in a period of transformation across a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, and institutional investors need a similar level of transformation to their ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... London, where he was head of responsible investment EAMA. Oulton is the vice president of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (EUROSIF) and a director of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Forum (UKSIF). Oulton will report to Chris Turpin ...