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Low Carbon Readiness Index measures motivation to reduce carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
Identifying the level of personal motivation to reduce household carbon emissions can predict people's general engagement in low carbon behaviours, with the development of a Low Carbon Readiness Index (LCRI). The CRC for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL) ...

UCA Funds Management rebrands as U Ethical, seeks growth, clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... and small investors - universities, and large charities for example." The year-long process was guided by the fund's stakeholder management operating style. "We did quite a lot of stakeholder engagement, the branding agency interviewed fairly widely ...

Insight Investment applies traffic light analysis to green, impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
Global asset manager Insight Investment has applied a traffic light score to impact bonds, and found that "many of the instruments coming to market fall short of minimum standards for sustainability." Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst, Insight Investment ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... Critically, this will include institutional investor such as superannuation funds and fund managers, which will increase the stakeholder pressure on companies to provide transparency up the value chain. "It's not going to be a set and forget area of ...

SASB Foundation appoints Marc Siegel to SASB Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
The SASB Foundation has appointed Marc A. Siegel to serve on the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). Siegel joins SASB after almost 10 years as a board member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). He is currently a partner ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
The forthcoming Modern Slavery Act will apply to superannuation funds and asset managers with revenue of more than $100 million, meaning that funds will have to report on their exposures to modern slavery and their management of those risks. Experts ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
There is no one right way to measure social and environmental impacts in an investment portfolio, with different organisations measuring impact in different ways, depending on size and mission. Alex Oppes, director, impact investing at SVA There are ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... be an alarming, frustrating journey with arm-wrestling of vested interest. We should be asking for a serious cross-stakeholder enquiry into what we really want to create from this, with a positive vision. That is a very important step to take."

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued its first report on climate risk disclosures by ASX300 companies. While the statistics discussed in the report are familiar to those who have read similar reports by investment bodies ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... but also paving a clear path for others to follow," said Ruben Langbroek, Head of Asia Pacific at GRESB. "Industry stakeholder collaboration and ambitious target setting are driving the region's leadership. To illustrate, the sector has explicitly acknowledged ...