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Less than half of ASX100 companies have exec-level technologist: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... leadership role, according to a survey performed by Calastone. Sarah Hayward, managing director of Calastone Australia and New Zealand Calastone, a global funds transaction network and fintech provider, has conducted and found that 40.4% of ASX100 companies ...

Negatively screened funds grow by over 2500% in New Zealand: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
The responsible investment sector in New Zealand has seen a massive influx of funds in 2016, with negatively screened funds growing by over 2500% and reaching a total of NZ$42.7 billion, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

International Finance Corporation launches NZ dollar-denominated green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched the first New Zealand dollar-denominated Green Kauri bond. The bond will be minimum NZ$100 million and will be used to finance private sector investments addressing climate change in emerging ...

Australian, NZ organisations consider impacts of bribery, corruption: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
While Australian and New Zealand organisations recognise the reputational, financial and cultural risks of incidents of bribery and corruption, their response to managing those risks are "slow, compared to others worldwide," according to Deloitte. Deloitte ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches Environmental Equity Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... option with a nine-year strategy track record." The Trust is Australian-domiciled and available to Australian and New Zealand investors, with a minimum investment amount of $25,000. BNP Paribas Asset Management Australia limited current has more than ...

Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... performance that they've maintained while running a successful business," said Charlie Syme from B Lab Australia and New Zealand. "As the first banking service to be certified as a B Corporation in Australia, the leadership shown by Community Sector ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... those and manage into those forests," Brand said. "Carbon storage fits in well with the California carbon regulations. New Zealand has different rules, and we do carbon reporting for both timber production as well as the sale of carbon offsets. In Asia ...

Three quarters of Aussie investors use ESG in investment strategies: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... strategies in their investment processes. said David Braga, BNP Paribas Securities Services' head of Australia and New Zealand. The global custodian surveyed more than 460 institutional investors and asset managers globally, with 44 institutional investors ...

Majority of Australian participants want mandatory sustainability reporting: ACCSR survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility ACCSR's Annual Review of the State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand 2017 had 1,215 respondents, a 12% increase on 2016. Of the Australian respondents to the survey, 53% said they support ...

RIAA launches Impact Investment Forum to build scale in sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... forum will also partner with other organisations and communities including Philanthropy Australia, B Lab Australia and New Zealand, and the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific. "We have partnered with Philanthropy Australia, with B Lab Australia and ...