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SVA: Newpin social benefit bond returns 7.5% in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... being safely returned to their families. The bond will fund the maintenance of existing centres, and the planned expansion of six more centres in New South Wales. "Based on the first year's data - which is one year in a seven year program - the first ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... investment in large scale solar had all but ground to a halt this year, with only AU$40 million in new commitments for the first six months of this year. "The investment is well and truly on hold in Australia," Thornton said. "We saw about $2-3 billion ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... regeneration, in which land was previously cleared and then protected to regenerate naturally and tree planting. "We ran a six-week on-site campaign to measure where you measure trees in a certain area across the property to determine how rich the carbon ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open SA Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... working with Good Money in South Australia. We are still on track and excited and eager and putting in place operations." One in six, or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance ...

PRI signatory assets top US$45 trillion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... the first reporting round under our new framework saw more than 800 investors disclose how they are implementing the PRI's six principles across their portfolios to help create a more sustainable financial system". PRI attributed the increase in AUM ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... social and governance (ESG) index fund range has exceeded US$1 billion in assets under management, reaching the mark within six months of initial seeding.The Dublin-domiciled UCITS fund range combines passive index strategies with ESG criteria and is ...

Northern Trust ESG index range crosses US$1 billion mark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... exceeded US$1 billion in assets under management, the asset manager said. The index funds reached the US$1 billion mark within six months of initial seeding. The Dublin-domiciled UCITS fund range combines passive index strategies with ESG criteria and ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... comfortable with keeping it at $6 billion," she said. "We can reassess closer to 2017, but given the incremental performance at each six month period, that's the right target." Toohill noted that the bank is also in the process of reviewing its ESG risk ...

Tumut Shire Council to slash electricity costs after upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... its local community, with reduced operating costs for the council and other tenants." CDE Energy audited the new equipment six months after installation, and the audit showed that the council had realised projected savings with better than expected results. ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... with more than 500 employees will use a report or explain approach to provide information on strategy, results and risks in six areas - environmental, social and employee-related matters, human rights, anti-corruption and bribery. Additionally, large ...