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EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... educational journey," Gifford said. There are strong implications for seeing EdTech as an area of impact investing - access to quality education is the fourth of 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and SDG 4 focuses on ensuring inclusive and ...

GRI to update three Universal Standards, seeks public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... such they have a crucial role in our efforts to not only increase uptake in sustainability reporting but also to improve quality and comparability." The GRI Standards are based around multi-stakeholder collaboration, and as such the GSSB encourages public ...

Chronos Sustainability hires Ian Woods for strategic Australian/NZ role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... key industry sectors." It is led by Sullivan and Nicky Amos and "blends industry and sector-leading expertise with high quality service and delivery standards to provide intelligent outcomes for its clients and partners." "Asia Pacific is home to a range ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... agreeing to return an equivalent security at the end of the period. Securities lending agreements are indemnified with high quality collateral. Beneficial owners use securities lending programs to generate incremental income to a portfolio, and securities ...

JANA providing services to retail sector, eyes retail ESG services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Royal Commission into the Financial Services Industry." JANA will offer managed account and consulting services to high quality financial advice and private wealth practices. "The retail market is going through quite a transition at the moment," said ...

Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, which states Vietnam ranked 79th out of 138 countries in terms of overall infrastructure quality. Regionally, Vietnam also leads with electrification - 99% of the population has access to electricity. The report further ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... whole story, our initial analysis from the first quarter of 2020 shows that valued ESG scores can be a positive sign for quality and resilience in tumultuous stock and bond markets," Takatsuki said. "Similarly, in times of market stress, higher ESG ratings ...

Brokers recognised for research at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... initiative comprising superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants and aims to increase the quantity and quality of ESG broker research in Australia. This year, research covering plastics and water scarcity, and continued strong interest ...

Sustainable Australia Fund on COVID-19 impacts, upgrade finance outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... said. "What we have seen for [financing of] solar for example, the volume of inward bound inquiry has declined, but the quality that does come in is higher," Bocskay said. "The sector isn't being as affected as others and may benefit from this kind of ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... to avoiding a climate crisis and the associated costs of crisis response and bring about the huge benefits of a better quality and more resilient future of opportunities. Cooperation between governments, institutions and corporates across Southeast Asia ...