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Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... impacted. A sugar tax has a direct impact on the product's price, but there's also a second, more subtle and softer issue - consumer awareness. A tax on sugar gives information as well and makes the consumer ask, why is there a tax on this and raises ...

Australian Ethical FUM AU$1.4bn for second half of 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... three main things. One is continuing proof that there is a real interest amongst what we'd call the rise of the conscious consumer - people who are looking for a way of aligning their values with their consuming habits and their investing habits. Demand ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Forced labour, child labour and exploitation are "significant problems" in the supply chain of the electronics industry, according to the 2016 Electronics Industry Trends report published by Baptist World Aid and Not For Sale. In their second report ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... improve standards for borrowers that take out Small Amount Credit Contracts (SACCs) under the protection of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (NCCP) and other legislation governing standards for responsible lending. We also note that compliance ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has been accredited by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) as a responsible investment fund. Gavin Goodhand, senior portfolio manager, Altius Asset Management The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund was ...

Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Ross Hill Wine Group in Orange, NSW has received carbon neutral certification under the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS), making it the first Australian winery to do so. Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates Pangolin Associates, energy and carbon management ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... place, which is the antithesis of what I've said." Jenni Mack, an independent trustee at SunSuper and former chair of consumer advocacy group Choice, agreed that fiduciary responsibilities are changing, and that given the shape and structure of Australia's ...

RIAA conference to discuss future of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... institutional uptake of ESG as a strategy. What we're starting to see and what will define the sector going forward is the consumer-led demand, which we've seen rise up broadly." Responsible investment assets reached AU$630 billion in assets, while core ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, IAG pilot microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... will enable people to insure individual items and nomianate the insured value of those items. Insurance 4 That offers consumer choice as well as flexibility, said Adam Mooney, CEO of Good Shepherd Microfinance. The launch of the Insurance 4 That product ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... being paid monthly, quarterly or annually, another departure from more mainstream insurance products. "I've worked in consumer affairs and insurance for years, and it's a problem full stop that we don't match the way that the instalment payment system ...