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Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Statewide Super has signed the Paris Pledge for Action, a supporting document resulting from the United Nations COP21 climate summit. Signatories to the Paris Pledge for Action promise to ensure that the ambitions in the Paris Agreement are met or exceeded. ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Money3 and Cash Converters, raising concerns over companies' standards in lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management UCA Funds Management and seven other organisations, including other investors, engagement ...

Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... certified economic, social and environmental benefits for local communities, South Pole Group said. "The way we see it, Australians need to start to understand that their choice of superannuation can have an impact on their personal carbon footprint," ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... recordable injury frequency rate by 7.5% during the 2014/2015 financial year and increased its hiring of Indigenous Australians, per its Reconciliation Action Plan. "Certainly, safety continues to be the focus of Wesfarmers Group," Chaney said. "We have ...

ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... ACSI makes to 30 Australian member-funds, who collectively manage over $450 billion in assets on behalf of 8 million Australians. The guidelines also involved ACSI's discussions with ASX300 companies. See Also: Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for ...

HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... interesting exercise for us with our own HESTA staff. I do think there are issues around retirement outcomes for indigenous Australians, and I think that as super funds, we have a loud voice if we stand together and speak about those issues, and we can ...

Teachers Mutual Bank cash product certified ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... to the market" said Steve James, CEO of Teachers Mutual Bank. "With a shift in consumer sentiment leading to more Australians calling for action on climate change, there has been an increase in demand for ethical investment options." The RIAA certification ...

Good Money opens Adelaide retail store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... now, but we are also expecting higher demand in the next five or six years as well." One in six, or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy, Good Shepherd Microfinance ...

CEFC signs $50m asset financing agreement with Firstmac

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... "Solar technologies make up just over 33% of the CEFC's committed and close to conclusion investments," Yates said. "Australians are already backing solar in their homes and there are also significant opportunities for commercial solar, especially as ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... companies are finding that the companies are receptive to their concerns over lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO UCA Funds Management and seven other organisations, including other investors ...