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CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... supply chains," said CEFC infrastructure lead Julia Hinwood. "We recognise IFM Investors as a leader in sustainable investment in infrastructure and congratulate IFM Investors on this significant commitment to lowering emissions, and contributing further ...

Diversity Council Australia discusses myths around workplace flexibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Flexible work and careers are about more than just giving time to mothers with young children, and Diversity Council Australia (DCA) is challenging the myths and misconceptions about workplace flexibility in a new piece of research. Lisa Annese, CEO ...

Mercer hires three consultants to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Mercer has hired Timothy Stamp to the Australian Responsible Investment team, one of three hires to the global responsible investment team. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Stamp will join Mercer's Sydney office ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... carbon risk disclosure standard practice and strengthen industry reporting." Separately, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and law firm Baker McKenzie released a review of Australia and the integration of the TCFD. The review looked at ...

Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Mitchell said. "We're trying to frame the case for tobacco free portfolios around the regulatory risk from a financial investment risk perspective. In the longer term, it's around branding and write-down of goodwill. What we're trying to do is to frame ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Editor's note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to run this comment piece from CAER. By Duncan Paterson Impact investment is taking off - but is there a risk that its benefits might be diluted as everyone tries to get on the bandwagon? Investors ...

New Forests given award for portfolio of carbon offset projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... more than 19 million tonnes of carbon abatement over the term of its Forest Carbon Partners fund. "We are growing our investment program in the US in line with the rising demand for low-carbon investments, and we are able to deliver institutional investment ...

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) on society and the economy is a mega-trend that will impact on superannuation investment on a number of levels. Pauline Vamos, CEO, Regnan A recent Morgan Stanley report notes four changes that will impact how ...

CEFC investing up to $100m in Lendlease-managed property fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... sustainable real estate fund in 2014, 2015 and 2017 by the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The CEFC investment is targeting abatement of more than 40,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over the expected lifetime of the assets in the ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has certified BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX: FAIR) as part of its certification program. Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares The RIAA Responsible Investment Certification ...