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Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... have occurred around Impact Capital Australia and the work to get that up and going, government could be an important catalyst to actually bringing it to reality. That doesn't mean that government has to be the source of capital. I think that government ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... lens." Carlsson-Sweeney called the Modern Slavery Act a potential "game changer" in that it has the potential to be a catalyst for organisations to look at a wider remit of labour practices that fall under the "social" umbrella. "If you're a retailer ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... practices of secondary boycotts by environmental groups campaigning against industries such as fossil fuel producers. "The catalyst for us to speak out has been they appear to be an attempt to one, portray the call for climate action as one some sort ...

T. Rowe Price analyses water, energy, food nexus and investment impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... because water is a finite resource, its scarcity as a direct impact on food supply and power generation, and is often a catalyst for swift regulatory intervention "as the mismanagement of water resources is difficult to reverse, and because prices often ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... funding to study innovative and more sustainable farming techniques to positively impact on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Catalyst began in 2008 with 19 farmers, and at current count "helps improve the quality of more than 150 billion litres of water ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... policy of not publicly talking about their shorting positions. However, Carlsson-Sweeney said that shorting can be a catalyst for change around material ESG issues. "You can call out bad behaviour, particularly when companies are resistant to engagement," ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Act," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "That will change the focus. With what's happened to Facebook - that's going to be a big catalyst as well. A lot of this is vulnerable to threats, we expect others will be drawn in and there will be a lot more noise about ...

Green bond issuance from China reached US$37.1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Green bond issuance from China reached US$37.1 billion (RMB248.6 billion) in 2017, a 4.5% cent increase over the previous year, according to a report issued by the Climate Bonds Initiative and China Central Depository and Clearing Co. Ltd (CCDC). Sean ...

Australian banks, Fortescue Metals appear in Bloomberg Gender Equality Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... of companies that submitted response to a social survey created by Bloomberg in partnership with third-party experts Catalyst, Women's World Banking, Working Mother Media, National Women's Law Center, and National Partnership for Women and Families. ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation holds Clean Energy Innovators Demo Day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... discussions will help the Innovation Fund extend our investment pipeline. The CEFC's main role here has been to act as a catalyst, bringing the innovators and the investors together and allowing both groups to assess one another. We are enormously encouraged ...