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| | | Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are material to sovereign creditworthiness and investment performance, according to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has released a discussion paper exploring the link between ESG ... |
| | | | Australian businesses need the next government to implement a carbon policy that protects existing commitments and supports long-term investments that reduce carbon emissions, according to EY. The ongoing political uncertainty surrounding the current ... |
| | | | Water risks are a threat to growth for the largest companies in the metals and mining sector, and those companies that manage water strategically are better financial performers, according to a report from CDP and Eurizon Capital. Fifty-seven of the ... |
| | | | ... Tasmanian Midlands Conservation project between Bush Heritage Australia and the Tasmanian Land Conservancy that aims to protect 10% - 64,000 hectares - of the Tasmanian Midlands Biodiversity Hotspot by 2020. Native species protection priorities include ... |
| | | | NYSE Euronext, parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, will join the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. The SSE Initiative is co-organized by the UN Global Compact, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the UN-supported ... |
| | | | ... providing financial services to people at the bottom of the pyramid," Marekera said. "Micro-insurance helps clients to protect those assets and protect those families going forward. It was logical next step for us." LeapFrog reports both financial performance ... |
| | | | Eliminating the fossil fuel sector from a global benchmark index can yield a small positive return effect with low tracking error, according to analysis by Impax Asset Management. Impax created model equity portfolios structured around fossil fuel divestment ... |
| | | | There is US$364 billion of climate-themed bonds outstanding in 2013, with issuance of new climate-themed bonds up 25% in 2012, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. Sean Kidney The report ... |
| | | | ... said. "That should be seen as a useful mechanism for companies to understand how they can provide a greater framework to protect the rights of people along the supply chain. We're at the preliminary stages of that dialogue in the Australian context." ... |
| | | | Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society have created an AU$10 million social benefit bond (SBB) funding the new Family Preservation Service. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, head of social innovation at Westpac The ... |
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