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Social license to operate key to achieving sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016 | NEWS

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are a framework for business' role in sustainable development, covering issues business must manage to earn and maintain social license to operate, according to an expert in social research. Robert Boutilier ...

UCA Funds Management supports 30% women on boards target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016 | NEWS

UCA Funds Management will support the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)'s goal of seeing women comprise 30% of ASX200 board positions by 2018. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management The ethical fund manager will monitor the proportion ...

GRI creates GOLD Community for stakeholders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016 | NEWS

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a new membership and engagement program, the GRI GOLD Community, consisting of representatives from stakeholders across business, civil society, and government. The GRI GOLD Community consists of representatives ...

Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016 | NEWS

Deloitte Access Economics in association with the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing have developed a guide to help the social services sector to define and understand the costs of social services. Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016 | NEWS

Investors have a new guide for addressing climate risk and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in real estate portfolios, published by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and other industry bodies. UNEP Finance Initiative, The Principles ...

CEFC launches $250m Community Housing Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016 | NEWS

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has launched an AU$250 million Community Housing Program to drive construction of energy-efficient community housing. The Community Housing Program is expected to contribute to the construction of as many ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016 | NEWS

The maturation and evolution of what sustainability means in a corporate environment will see organisations continue to embed sustainability with corporate strategy in Australia. Sustainability experts tell The Sustainability Report that environmental ...

HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016 | NEWS

HESTA has made its first investment in social and affordable housing, through its AU$30 million Social Impact Investment Trust. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia HESTA has allocated AU$6.7 million to Horizon ...

Impact Investing Australia to develop Impact Capital Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016 | NEWS

The impact investment sector will continue to grow in 2016, and industry participants are constructing vehicles and seeking opportunities to accelerate its development. Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016 | NEWS

Statewide Super has signed the Paris Pledge for Action, a supporting document resulting from the United Nations COP21 climate summit. Signatories to the Paris Pledge for Action promise to ensure that the ambitions in the Paris Agreement are met or exceeded. ...

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UN pension chief joins Northern Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Podcast: Exploring emerging markets and sustainability

THE GREENER WAY | 6:56AM

Pablo Berrutti, senior portfolio specialist at Stewart Investors, discusses emerging market investment opportunities and their main growth drivers.

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

MATTHEW WAI

Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis.

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

The likes of Sally Field, Mark Ruffalo and Jane Fonda are calling on the SAG-Producers Pension Plan to dump its holdings in oil and gas companies.

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