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Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... sectors, material risks and opportunities have to be disclosed in relation to the particular company. "Even within industries, you can talk about the kinds of issues that are likely to present material risk and opportunity, but then you have to put the ...

Sustainable Platform assesses database of companies against SDGs, performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... haven't looked at what they report on, in terms of performance - we're only looking at metrics that you can apply across industries and sectors." According to modelling performed by The Sustainable Trust, Monte Carlo simulation shows that of the database ...

Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... much a focus as our bottom line." Globally there are more than 2,160 certified B Corp businesses from more than 130 industries in over 50 countries, and currently 155 B Corps in Australia. Community Sector Banking previously won the Best for Communities ...

Majority of Australian participants want mandatory sustainability reporting: ACCSR survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... are prioritising gender equality, and it's a challenging thing to do, and I thought particularly interesting that the industries that are quite male dominated are prioritising [gender equality]. There's also been a huge amount of attention to gender ...

CEFC lends $30 million to ResourceCo for conversion of waste into PEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... NSW alternative fuel plant will work to achieve just that. Our vast knowledge of both the waste and alternative fuel industries means we are well positioned to help lead the way in reducing society's reliance on both landfill disposal practices and fossil ...

Challenges to Carbon Capture and Storage adaptation in Australia: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... think CCS was going to be a big thing for thermal coal-fired electricity generation, but would be for steel and other industries. That's where they thought that the R&D was going." Credit Suisse has discussed the topic with other companies as well. "BHP ...

PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... portfolios in 1991, launching a version of the Total Return strategy in the U.S. that excluded investments in select industries, Struc said. "Equity investors have engaged with issuers for some time, but it has not been commonly known practice in fixed ...

NAB raises $500m for first ever gender equality social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Steve Lambert, executive general manager of capital financing, NAB The NAB Social Bond also added an overlay excluding industries whose primary activities involve alcohol, gambling, tobacco, military weapons, predatory lending, fossil fuels, palm oil ...

BetaShares launches ETHI sustainability-themed ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... sustainability and healthy living. This index is specially developed world ex-Australia. The companies are drawn from global industries. They're large cap companies as well. The key benefits are the ability to invest in impact and sustainable investing ...

New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... RIAA in conjunction with Kiwi Wealth, and the survey was conducted by Mobium Group. The survey found that the top five industries that most respondents want to avoid investing in include whaling, nuclear power, tobacco, gambling and weapons, whilst key ...