Search Results

Showing 321 - 330 of 465 results for "Industries"

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 ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... they haven't received any from their customers. The biggest pressure comes from peers within the bank sector and other industries. Peers and other businesses are more aware of the development in the sustainability sector. Although the pressure from the ...

CEFC, Commonwealth Bank launch energy efficient finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... managing director asset finance. "In particular, we see huge potential for the transport, agriculture and construction industries to realise major benefits from upgrading to energy efficient technologies, including fuel efficient vehicles, and energy ...

BetaShares launches global cybersecurity exchange traded fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... time, there's been this increase. From our perspective, the industry of cybersecurity is one of the few global growth industries which is clearly identifiable and is gone beyond the headlines, it's real and significant companies are operating as global ...

AIGCC launches, releases survey on climate risk, responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... across markets in Asia-Pacific are mixed and uneven. China's banks, for example, have taken steps to restrict finance industries with high energy consumption, high pollution and excess pollution. The report also cited China's 2012 Green Credit Guidelines ...

LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... changes, including broadening existing screens to exclude companies that provide "significant services" to prohibited industries including armaments, weapons, tobacco, mining and gambling; a new screen that precludes investment in companies in fossil ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches ESG reporting service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... administration business. The reporting service will allow clients such as superannuation funds to drill into data through industries, market capitalisation and individual holdings to "assess and compare ESG exposures between different portfolios and ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... and values based investing," Pedley said. "Increasingly, charities and foundations have their own list of excluded industries and sectors as ethical becomes very much part of the mainstream rather than a niche investor segment."