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CEFC invests $75m in new Palisade Investment Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Lonergan, CEFC investment funds lead. "At the same time, institutional investors have a growing appetite for sustainable investment opportunities which can diversify their portfolios and meet the needs of their members. This new fund is specifically ...

Australian Ethical Investments join Principles for Positive Impact Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments and Westpac Bank have signed on to the newly launched Principles for Positive Impact Finance, a new set of criteria to assess the impact of sustainable investments. Dr Stuart Palmer, head of ethics, Australian Ethical ...

University of Melbourne launches Sustainability Plan 2017-2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... and 5% of the assets under management in fossil fuel assets, Tait said. "We will develop this year the sustainable investment framework that we will apply to our portfolio and divest from those companies that we don't believe fit in our portfolio," Tait ...

BNP Paribas to develop products around Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... prosperity, and applies to each and every one of us over the next 15 years," said Neven Graillat, head of sustainable investment solutions, BNP Paribas Global Markets. "Financial markets must support commercial innovations to deliver on the SDGs, and ...

Ethical Investment Week to bust the ethical investment return myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... investment form," Edkins said. "People can choose options to be shareholder activists, they can be in a sustainable investment fund in a superannuation fund, they can be quite targeted in going for fossil fuel free fund." According to the Responsible ...

LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Intrinsic. "These changes were made to distinguish our SAS as the 'deeper green', more responsible and sustainable investment option for existing and potential LGS members," said Peter Lambert, LGS CEO. "However, these changes do not apply to our existing ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... compromise investment returns by integrating sustainability. Because of these two factors, we integrate sustainable investment research into most of the funds we manage. The perspective we take is that it gives early warnings on the risk side and, from ...

London Stock Exchange joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Partners Program sends a further signal to all stakeholders of the growing role green bonds can play in sustainable investment... The LSEG is uniquely positioned to provide market based knowledge and perspectives as a Climate Bonds Partner. We anticipate ...

Sustainalytics opens Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... responsible investment adviser for Sustainalytics. Prior to joining the firm, she was program manager at the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association ( UKSIF.) "I joined Sustainalytics around four years ago, when the London office was just starting ...

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... the RobecoSAM standard for corporate sustainability and to formulate global allocations consistent with sustainable investment standards and practices." In addition to BHP Billiton, Bank of America Corp and Telefonica SA were also added to the indices ...