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Sustainable Digitalisation Project to set goals for real estate and cities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... technology, across assets, portfolios, precincts, cities, what does that mean in terms of cyber security and its social impacts, terrorism, etc.? There are a lot of unintended consequences of which we are increasingly becoming aware." The SDP is a continuance ...

Dhaka, Colombo stock exchanges launch guides for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... vital role in monitoring the sustainability reports through which listed companies' economic, environmental and social impacts and decisions will be reflected. We look forward to continuing improvements in sustainability disclosure in corporate reporting ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... commitment to the Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT) managed by Social Ventures Austraila, they consider the specific social impacts of the four investments it has made. Performance data is still an emerging field, because targets and benchmarks are ...

Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... reported as avoided or abated through impact investments, RIAA noted. Other types of impact investments, ranging from social impacts bonds to private equity have grown from $300 million to totalling nearly $1 billion in 2017. After green bonds, investments ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... GIIN website. We would also note the emerging science of assessing a mainstream equity fund's environmental and social impacts, frequently in the context of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Impact measurement and management offers a range of exciting ...

SVA Diversified Impact Fund receives more than $10m in funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... established with $500,000 in seed assets in the form of social impact bonds - SVA has reserved $500,000 of the social impacts bonds they have put into the market in the last year - Newpin Queensland bond, the Resolve Bond and the Aspire bond in South ...

Social Ventures Australia launches Diversified Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... established with $500,000 in seed assets in the form of social impact bonds - SVA has reserved $500,000 of the social impacts bonds they have put into the market in the last year - Newpin Queensland bond, the Resolve Bond and the Aspire bond in South ...

HESTA makes $19m impact investment in aged care facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... the financial and investment nature of the project, SVA will also be seeking appropriate metrics to measure the social impacts of the retirement village, which will be completed in 18 months. "We're doing work in collaboration with Glenview to be a bit ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... accretive to fundamental financial and investment analysis, the paper states. Management of material environmental and social impacts is a signal of the company's management and its long term sustainability. But while Bennett said that Australian listed ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
There is a multistakeholder push to develop metrics to more accurately measure the social impacts of affordable housing developments, with investors, intermediaries and housing providers all seeking more reliable standards to assess social as well as ...