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BNP Paribas Securities Services becomes PRI Signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Services is committing to "providing, developing and promoting services that support clients' implementation of the PRI's six Principles," according to BNP Paribas. BNP Paribas has $9 trillion in assets under custody globally, including AU$ 429.8 billion ...

NZ Super earns A+ in UNPRI benchmark report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... the UNPRI in 2006. Since 2014, signatories are required to publicly report each year on their implementation of the PRI's six principles across a wider range of asset classes and investment activities, including voting and engagement; manager selection ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... good relationship with regulators, and they like to hear our views," Bennett said. To that end, the BlackRock paper makes six policy recommendations aimed at enabling "stakeholders and market participants to develop detailed ESG standards and best-practice ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... represents the best value for government investment as well - high traffic, high demand, and the potential for best impact." One in six, or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... raft of graduates, where you've got 52% female to 48% male, because that's the output from university these days, in five or six years down the track, that's probably now 60 males to 40% females and then you take a five years down, the numbers have dwindled ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... investors and companies and cities we work with," said James Day, director - Australia and New Zealand at CDP. "We've identified six SDGs as being aligned with our work and being something we can make contributions towards." Day cited goal six, seven ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... pieces of research conducted during 2015. ESG RA reported that environmental and social research dominated the monitions with six nominations each. Social issues included cyber security, employee safety, and payday lending, whilst climate change issues ...

PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... consultation around the Blueprint is around the question of how investors measure their outcomes and their impacts against the PRI's six principles. Currently, all signatories must report annually on how they implement the PRI's commitments, but the ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... encouraging to see that Australia has not only increased its AAA showing in The Global Climate 500 Index this year, but now has six super funds rated A or higher," said John Connor, chief executive of The Climate Institute. "This year's index sees a ...

GRI releases drafts for first six GRI Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... drafts of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards) for public comment. GRI has released an initial set of six GRI Standards and have opened up a 90-day comment period for feedback to the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) ...