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IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... companies on berthing rates, if they are better performing ship coming in to the port, in terms of meeting certain enviro standards. Some of the tollways do it globally around hybrid vehicles and EVs with reduced toll prices. At the moment, scope 3 is ...

Advisers discuss new era of advice, ethical considerations: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Invest with Ethics RIAA held a virtual conference session covering advice in the new era of FASEA. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's (FASEA) Code of Ethics, which came into force January 2020 includes Standard 6, which states ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... other industry applications beyond the property sector. "At this stage, we're about to launch two more industry specific standards, relating to the healthcare insurance sector and the energy utility sector," Bernhardt said. "The idea behind that is to ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... best practices, detailed consumer research and industry engagement, RIAA said. The enhancements include new rigorous standards, strengthened minimum requirements and additional information disclosure. RIAA has certified over 175 products, and the new ...

Q&A: Pablo Berrutti, on the launch of the Altiorem research platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... evolution of your taxonomy for classifying research going grown and changed as it's been applied? Pablo : We have four standards (GRI, SASB, the SDGs and Climate Bonds Initiate), and we developed our own aggregation of those and every single article ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... capital markets engagement, a newly created role. She joins 1 May and will be responsible for "driving adoption of the GRI Standards by capital market actors - including regulators, stock markets, investors and analysts." Cleary is a non-executive director ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... helping to evaluate sustainability in businesses, buildings and supply chains using leading international and national standards and an innovative software package, KPMG said. "Action Sustainability Asia Pacific's social and environmental expertise complements ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... arrangements for executives. Human Capital Management. JPMAM believes managing human capital effectively (e.g. workplace standards, education & training, diversity and gender equality) is a critical component to maintaining a productive workforce. Stakeholder ...

CEFC commits up to $125m in Qualitas property debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... property driving about half those emissions. To qualify for QBIF finance, "projects must demonstrate minimum sustainability standards, including a 7-star average NatHERS rating and a 5-star NABERS for Apartments Energy rating, as well as criteria for ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... uptake of the Task force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standard, and Myatt noted that as many companies in the portfolio are listed in the US, the Edison Electric ...