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RIAA designs Responsible Returns consumer website

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has designed a website to match retail investors and financial advisers with responsible and ethical products to meet their profile. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The site, Responsible Returns, matches ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Solar, has rolled out The Oasis Project, a strategy to introduce renewable energy into Indigenous communities for the purpose of providing affordable, reliable energy as well as improving community regeneration. AllGrid's introduction of solar panels ...

BNP Paribas to develop products around Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... products and services but as well in their way of doing business." The index is designed for both retail and institutional purpose, BNP Paribas said.

Stockland reports on integrated sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... comes to sustainability, said Davina Rooney, general manager sustainability, Stockland. "We talk about our organisation's purpose is to crate a better way to live," Rooney said. "That means fundamentally, you have to be able to integrate these aspects. ...

CEFC reports $837m in commitments for 2015-2016

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... financial solutions." CEFC operates in the manner of a commercial financier and delivers on its clean energy public policy purpose. CEFC said that each dollar of investment commitments in 2015-2016 was matched by AU$1.95 from the private sector. Investments ...

WBCSD, CDSB, Ecodesk create Reporting Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and Ecodesk have created a free global sustainability reporting knowledge platform. The Reporting Exchange will " identify the reporting regulations ...

Mirvac partners with YWCA NSW for social enterprise HQ cafe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... expanding domestic violence services, Bligh said. As part of this restructure, YWCA NSW is expanding their profit for purpose operations, currently operating in two Sydney hotels, she said. At Mirvac we are committed to acting in a sustainable way and ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... broadly, we want to talk to government about the role of the AGM," Brogden said. "Clearly, AGMs do not fulfil the same purpose they did 20, 30, 40 years before. Most are voting before the day, a small group turns up on the day, they' don't' work the ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
There is continued interest in integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into fixed income portfolios and funds on the retail and institutional side in Australia, but fund managers find that while retail investment in ESG ...

Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Australian businesses are aware of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and many are planning strategic partnerships targeting material goals, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s 8 th Annual ...