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CEFC invests $75m in new Palisade Investment Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... has committed AU$75million as cornerstone investor into a new specialist renewable energy fund managed by Palisade Investment Partners. The Palisade Renewable Energy Fund (PREF) is seeking to invest as much as AU$500 million in new investment to clean ...

Principles for Responsible Investment discuss agenda for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible 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 ...

Australian Ethical Investments join Principles for Positive Impact Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Positive Impact Manifesto, launched in 2015 with the aim of developing new financing vehicles and processes to spur investment for sustainable development. They are also linked to the Sustainable Development Goals, the UNEP FI said. Australian Ethical ...

Teachers Mutual Bank joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... practices around the world. Teachers Mutual Bank has an integrated sustainability strategy - it benchmarks its community investment goals against the London Benchmarking Group standards. Teachers Mutual has also been recognised as one of the World's ...

CEFC invests $150m in solar projects in regional NSW

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... large-scale solar by more than 50%, said Gloria Chan, CEFC large-scale solar program lead. "While we have seen increasing investment in renewable energy in Australia, there is still a large investment gap that the CEFC is working to close so we can meet ...

Bribery and corruption cited as sustainability engagement theme for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... director, Regnan - Governance Research & Engagement In looking ahead to the issues that may come to the forefront for investment and corporate sustainability purposes, professionals told The Sustainability Report that investors will continue to engage ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... consumer shift toward plant-based proteins and other issues are potential environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment themes that are both a source of risk and reward for investors in 2017, researchers said. Doug Morrow, associate director ...

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 ...

Sustainalytics to augment Sydney office, launch Tokyo office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... well for local and global clients, said Michael Jantzi, CEO of Sustainalytics. "Australia is an exciting responsible Investment market," Jantzi said. "It's one of the best responsible investment and ESG markets in the world. It's as market that obviously ...

Escala Partners choose Ownership Matters to provide proxy advisory research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... active screening and taken an interest in the whole ESG principle and it's become more prevalent as it's applied to its investment decisions, non-institutional investors such as we represent - individuals, not for profits and family office - have left ...