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DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund manager DWS will use an ESG advisory board to provide additional advice on how the fund manager can accelerate sustainability activities as part of its investment activities. Every organisation can get very internally focused, and you need ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund manager DWS Group has established an ESG Advisory Board that will advise the CEO and executive board on the acceleration of its ESG strategy. The new six-person advisory board will complement DWS's in-house expertise in ESG, the firm ...

Impact Investment Group names head of investor relations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Impact Investment Group (IIG) has named Amanda Goodman head of capital raising and investor relations. Goodman joined IIG in 2014 as one of the fund's early hires. She has previously worked as head of syndication. The new title "reflects how Amanda's ...

Chronos Sustainability appoints Arisa Kishigami

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Specialist sustainability advisory firm Chronos Sustainability has appointed Arisa Kishigami as a specialist advisor on sustainable investment. Based in Tokyo, Kishigami is an experienced sustainability practitioner. She previously worked for FTSE Russell ...

IIG launches alternative fund-of funds impact strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Impact Investment Group (IIG) has launched a $70 million fund of funds impact investment fund aimed at providing income yield, return and positive social and environmental impacts. The Impact Alternatives Fund will include a mix of investments covering ...

Chronos Sustainability hires Ian Woods for strategic Australian/NZ role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Specialist sustainability advisory firm Chronos Sustainability has announced a strategic association with climate change and responsible investment veteran Ian Woods. Ian Woods, climate change and sustainable investment specialist, Chronos Sustainability ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
The Impact Investment Group (IIG) has announced two major tenants for its Younghusband Woolstores development in Kensington, Victoria. Rendering of Younghusband Woolstores development (Image provided by Impact Investment Group) The Federal Government ...

Giant Leap venture capital fund seeks impact businesses for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... through business. We're trying to identify remarkable founders who are missionaries rather than mercenaries." The fund and IIG have in past invested in companies such as AVG, Car Next Door, Jaggad, Stripe, Uber, Unitus Capital, Who Gives a Crap, and ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Climate Leader Cristiana Figueres has unveiled the Green Bond Pledge, which calls upon cities, pubic authorities and corporations to increase the use of green bond finance for infrastructure investment programs. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative ...

GRESB appoints Sander Paul van Tongeren as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has appointed of Sander Paul van Tongeren as its new managing director. Van Tongeren succeeds Nils Kok, who is leaving GRESB. Van Tongeren has been affiliated with GRESB since its founding in 2009 ...