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Government issues discussion paper on social impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... developing the social impact investing market. Sabina Curatolo, director of government relations and policy, Impact Investing Australia The paper is soliciting public consultation on three main points - the role of the Australian government, which the ...

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
Australia should become a centre of excellence in the design, and implementation of green finance based on its ability to create reporting and methodology systems such as the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS), according to ...

CEFC provides $54m to Genex for North Queensland large-scale solar farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... on the same site. The project will be based around the former Kidston gold mine, and will be the first of its kind in Australia to co-locate a large-scale solar farm with a large- scale pumped hydro storage project, the CEFC said. It also creates a potential ...

MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... more involved the sustainable impact category that we defined, which would correlate to climate action in the SDGs." Australia's relatively lower levels of revenue derived from SDG-related activities can partially be attributed to the fact that the Australian ...

UCA Funds Management continues online gambling engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management is reiterating its call to Australia's big four banks to eliminate the use of its credit cards for the operation of online gambling accounts. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management Recently, the Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) ...

CEFC invests $75m in new Palisade Investment Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... clean energy projects. PREF already has three assets in the portfolio - the Waterloo and Hallett 1 wind farms in South Australia, and the $225 million Ross River Solar Farm, near Townsville in Queensland. The CEFC has committed $20 million as an equity ...

Vigeo Eiris upgrades three US companies on human rights criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
Corporate social responsibility rating agency Vigeo Eiris has issued a positive alert and upgraded three American companies for their decision to take legal action against US President Donald Trump's executive order banning people from seven countries ...

GRI Global Sustainability Standards Board appoints chair, new members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Standards Board (GSSB) has appointed a new chair and six new board members, including Robyn Leeson of STR Consulting in Australia. Judy Kuszewski, chief executive of Suncroft International, is the new chair of the GSSB. Kuszewski has around 25 years' ...

Australian Shareholders' Association hires Judith Fox

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... director, policy, Governance Institute Fox will join ASA on 27 February. She comes to ASA From the Governance Institute of Australia, where she was national director, policy and advocacy. Fox has worked for the Governance Institute for 14, and has represented ...

Principles for Responsible Investment discuss agenda for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Investment (PRI) will this year issue a new blueprint for responsible investment globally, while deepening the engagement in Australia and New Zealand via its first full-time staff member. Fiona Reynolds, managing director, PRI PRI Managing Director ...