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Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... owners actually lost points from last year's score." Thirteen Australian funds received the X rating, including Future Fund, REST, Telstra Super and Super SA, AODP said. The release of the global AODP index comes just after AODP and environmental law ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
New Forests has rolled out a first-ever responsible investment policy and reported total assets under management of AU$2.5 billion in its 2014 sustainability report. New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, also implemented ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), ahead of the organisation's 2015 survey launch. QIC has more than AU$74 billion in assets under management and more than AU$10 billion invested ...

Christian Super selects three impact investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... means that we have a resource who is able to look at these sorts of investments and bring it up for due diligence to the rest of the investment team, that I think wouldn't be looked at within other funds." Meanwhile, Christian Super has completed their ...

CEFC looks to increase investment in bioenergy projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... while contributing to fuel security and regional development, but for a range of reasons Australia has generally lagged the rest of the world on large and small-scale bioenergy projects particularly in the waste-to-energy sector," Dow said. "CEFC finance ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... adoption of nitrous oxide abatement technology at Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers," along with efforts across the rest of the business, Wesfarmers said. Wesfarmers also reported that this year, discount department store divisions Target ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
It was the Romans who said pecunia non olet, but from an ethical investment perspective, that no longer holds true. Ethical cash management has emerged as an issue in the push for institutional investors to divest from assets that are carbon emissions-intensive ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has informed superannuation fund trustees that materiality is part of the board's risk management declaration, widening the scope of risks that trustees must disclose to the prudential regulator. ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... some places," Lawrence said. "What you're seeing is the smarter companies are waking up to the fact that the voting doesn't rest with the fund manager - it rests with the super fund. The smarter investor relations teams are waking up to the fact that ...

SVA: Newpin social benefit bond returns 7.5% in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The AU$7 million social benefit bond (SBB) funding the Newpin program run by UnitingCare Burnside will deliver a return of 7.5% to investors this year after its first 12 months. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures ...