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Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... more than 150 billion litres of water flowing into the Great Barrier Reef each year. It is funded by a $6.5 million investment from The Coca-Cola Foundation and a $3 million grant from the Department of the Environment and Energy. The partnership is ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... Stewart Investors is primarily an equity fund manager, covering Asia Pacific, emerging markets, worldwide and sustainable investment strategies, primarily based in Edinburgh, with research offices in London, Singapore and Sydney. Stewart Investors has ...

Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... and increasing momentum towards moving into the top ranks." Whilst these conclusions can be useful for quantitative investment strategies, they can also be applied to fundamental investment strategies and asset owners with a strong engagement program ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has launched the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The fund "invests in companies with sound sustainability profiles and avoids companies that are vulnerable to long-term earnings risk from sustainability weaknesses," ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... The bill will require entities with more than $100 million in revenue - including government agencies, businesses and investment funds - to report disclosures related to human rights due diligence and how companies ensure they monitor and reduce the ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
There is no one right way to measure social and environmental impacts in an investment portfolio, with different organisations measuring impact in different ways, depending on size and mission. Alex Oppes, director, impact investing at SVA There are ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... managing director, Morphosis Carter expanded on the megatrend implications of digitalization at the recent Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference in Melbourne, noting that digitalization sits alongside of other trends such as ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... ESG performance or momentum of a country and its credit rating or credit spreads," according to research from Insight Investment. Bruce Murphy, director, Australia and New Zealand, Insight Investment Insight Investment, a global investment manager, has ...

Impact Investing Australia to administer $7m Australian government fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... supporting the Australian Advisory Board for Impact Investing in growing the impact investing market, has managed the Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant for the past three and a half years. The Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant was initially seed ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... all - especially when using the higher disclosed price would have had a significant impact on its business planning, investment decisions and financial reporting, CCLI said. The claim also alleges that in response to investor demands for scenario analysis ...