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Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Indo-Pacific). The STIR Indo-Pacific program targets five developing countries in Asia: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, and pursue two means of addressing instability and poverty alleviation by "1) fostering smart policies ...

GRI, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launch new Indo-Pacific program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Indo-Pacific). The STIR Indo-Pacific program will target five developing countries in Asia: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, and pursue two means of addressing instability and poverty alleviation by "1) fostering smart policies ...

Global sustainable, responsible, impact assets hit $22tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
Global sustainable, responsible and impact (SRI) investment assets reached US$22.89 trillion as of the beginning of 2016, including $516 billion in assets from Australia/New Zealand, according to the 2016 Global Sustainable Investment Review (GSIA). ...

NAB launches social bond focusing on companies, gender equality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... invest in a NAB senior bond, but the real benefit is investor diversification, particularly where we can attract the dedicated SRI fund that wouldn't necessarily invest in a NAB senior bond for other reasons." NAB's funding division has established a ...

Video: Labour Rights and other ESG Issues in Asia - the highlights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... Carlsson-Sweeny, Gershon Nimbalker, advocacy manager from NGO Baptist World Aid Australia and Wim Van Hyfte, Senior Fund Manager, SRI Specialist at Candriam Investors Group in Belgium. Earlier this year, Carlsson-Sweeny made a field trip to China where ...

Video: Labour Rights and other ESG Issues in Asia - investment views

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... Investment Management's Head of ESG Research, Mans Carlsson-Sweeny. Carlsson-Sweeny and Wim Van Hyfte, Senior Fund Manager, SRI Specialist at Candriam Investors Group in Belgium, discuss the investment risks such as labour rights and other ESG issues ...

Video: Labour Rights and other ESG Issues in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... discussion with Gershon Nimbalker, advocacy manager from NGO Baptist World Aid Australia and Wim Van Hyfte, Senior Fund Manager, SRI Specialist at Candriam Investors Group in Belgium.

Majority of 50 largest super funds have RI approach: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... report], but the majority of those are for tobacco exclusion. About half of the fund have RI options, and out of that, there are SRI options, ethical potions, etc. There are about 54 RI options in total." Behind tobacco, followed by armaments/ controversial ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... sector, such as poor freedom of association and the gap between actual wages and living wages in China, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. China has "come a long way in eradicating some of the worst types of labour rights issues," but some of these ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... McCullagh and Parks were also awarded Best Piece of Ongoing ESG Research by an Individual Analyst or Team for their Australian ESG/SRI AGM Series. ESG RA is an association of Australian superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants whose ...