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Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... process of reviewing its ESG risk framework, a process that is scheduled for every two years. The review comes as Oxfam Australia released a report, Banking on Shaky Ground - Australia's big four banks and land grabs, in which Oxfam presents evidence ...

LUCRF selects Northern Trust for ESG-screened mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) screens. The AU$4 billion industry superannuation fund has tapped Northern Trust to run the global ex-Australia fund with customised screens to exclude tobacco companies and cluster munitions manufacturers, in line with LUCRF's ESG policy ...

Future Fund hires new head of ESG risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... its new head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Posters will start in August after relocating to Australia from The Netherlands. He was most recently global head of sustainability with De Lage Landen, part of Rabobank Group. He ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental and social issues and their material impacts. Dr Ulysses Chioatto, executive director and head of research Australia and NZ, ISS ASIC released Regulatory Guide 247 (RG 247), Effective disclosure in an operating and financial review, last ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Although the report didn't analyse any Australian-based projects, the conclusions are applicable to abatement activities in Australia, Salisbury said, cit the Aboriginal Carbon Fund, a not-for-profit that aims to build "a sustainable Aboriginal carbon ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Philipp Aeby, chief executive officer, RepRisk Speaking at a panel discussion at the recent GTQ International Annual Australia ESG Conference, sustainability reporting experts told an audience of corporate and investment professionals that managing sustainability ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Stakeholder Council Member, Global Reporting Initiative Speaking at a panel discussion at the recent GTQ International Annual Australia ESG Conference, sustainability reporting experts told an audience of corporate and investment professionals that sustainability ...

Vast Solar begins construction on 6MW solar thermal station

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... AU$10.06 million project, ARENA said, and Vast Solar said that the other 50% of the funding came from private investors in Australia and Europe. "Vast Solar set out in 2009 to develop a low-cost, high performance CST system that could compete commercially. ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... already been interest from the Australian market, said Craig Hurt, the Sydney-based director of AXA Investment Managers in Australia and New Zealand. Interest in Australia is influenced by the relatively low fees associated with a quantitative strategy ...

LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... when it comes to that." CommIF is in an unlisted portfolio of high quality, PPP-style social infrastructure assets in Australia and New Zealand, AMP Capital said. The assets are characterised as social infrastructure PPP assets within education, water ...