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NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... SBB. Investors in the Newpin SBB are expecting to receive a targeted financial return of 10% to 12% per annum, over the seven-year term of the bond, based on the expected success of the program. Although AU$500,000 is a fairly small allocation for a ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... commitments in 2012 and projected commitments of US$9bn in 2013. The median number of impact investment transactions was seven in 2012 and is predicted to rise in 10 in 2013, and the median amount for each allocation was US$25m in 2012 and respondents ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Project's (CDP) climate change questions in its environmental data collection approach to public companies. RobecoSAM will align seven of its climate strategy questions with the CDP questions in a move to improve the comparability of sustainability data ...

New industry body to promote women in financial services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... applicants. When we dig deeper and ask women why they don't apply for positions, women said they feel they need to tick seven out of 10 boxes before they'd apply and men would think, one or two. Men would see it as a chance to be seen, and that they ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Seven out of ten Australians have identified looking after their finances as a top priority for 2013, and a majority say that it is important that their investments are aligned with their personal values, according to a survey conducted on behalf of ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... average responsible investment fund delivered higher returns than the average mainstream fund across one, three, five and seven years, and for Australian, overseas and balanced funds." Australia represents 1.3% of total sustainable investment, smaller ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... assessed, RobecoSAM and KPMG said. Australia overall ranked in the top 10 countries for gold awards, coming in at number seven. Westpac, Woolworths and Stockland were awarded silver, and Qantas, NAB, Amcor, AGL, Transurban Group, BHP, Santos and Woodside ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... commitments in 2012 and projected commitments of US$9bn in 2013. The median number of impact investment transactions was seven in 2012 and is predicted to rise in 10 in 2013, and the median amount for each allocation was US$25m in 2012 and respondents ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... per capita living standards. And our productivity has been going nowhere. In fact, it's been falling at 0.7% per year, for seven years now. Productivity may be a little misunderstood, and may be the subject of another article. In the rhetoric of our ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... worldwide and consistent with the direction that China is taking to become the green superpower of the world. China will have seven emissions trading schemes that have to be in place by the end of next year. That is what has been directed by the government ...