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Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... that build sustainable economic growth, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI). Dan Lashof, director, WRI United States WRI is a global research organisation that studies means to develop sustainable use of natural resources across seven issues ...

Companies have responsibility to meld profit and purpose: IBM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. Future of work and education questions also had prominence in the survey. In Australia, 77% of respondents said that ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... the fossil fuel industry, such as new gas fields in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, and LNG infrastructure in the United States. The resolutions follow others challenging Rio Tinto, QBE, Suncorp and AGL to manage climate risk. IAG and Origin Energy face ...

TelstraSuper joins Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... stewardship activities in Australia. Stewardship codes exist in many markets in the world, including the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa. The Code is open to all asset owners (including super funds, endowments and sovereign ...

G7 Ministers statement supports growth of the impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... Goals (SDGs). In the statement, ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States also said they "stress the need to create enabling policy environments in order to help drive impactful investments towards ...

First State Super signs Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... and financial system advocacy. Stewardship codes exist in many markets in the world, including the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa. The Code is open to all asset owners (including super funds, endowments and sovereign ...

Cbus becomes Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... several more funds are expected to sign before the end of 2018. Stewardship codes are in place in the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa. This is the first stewardship code to focus exclusively on the activities of Australian ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Forests manages more than 950,000 hectares of land and forests in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States for sustainable timber production and conservation. New Forests will benefit from the initiatives that WCBSD is undertaking ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... controversial "catch and release" program, which has seen children separated from their parents and housed throughout the United States with chaotic conditions to reunite them with their families. The broad-based coalition partners are planning to leverage ...

New Forests acquires New Zealand assets, closes ANZFF2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... 940,000 hectares of forests, land, and conservation investments in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States. "Wenita manages a high-quality forestry resource that will be a strong addition to the ANZFF2 portfolio," said Matthew Crapp ...