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Australian Ethical launches Emerging Companies Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has launched the Emerging Companies Fund, a diversified portfolio of shares in micro- and small-capitalisation companies. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director The fund reflects Australian's investment approach ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Divesting from the worst emitting fossil fuels is only one step towards decarbonising the world economy, and Australian Ethical Investment says achieving the stated goal of capping global temperature increases to 2 degrees C requires a "sophisticated ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... consideration are opening themselves up to future challenges. "The very fact that climate change has shifted from a environmental/ethical consideration to a material financial risk/return concern means that funds are going to have to reconsider whether ...

Technology to push sustainability reporting forward: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... communications. The thought leaders that contributed interviews to this report also said new indicators will emerge, and that ethical values, reputation and risk management will guide decision makers when dealing with issues that aren't yet regulated. ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... the French pension fund for civil servants (ERAFP) also recently joined. The existing members also include Australian Ethical Investment, University of Sydney, Church of Sweden, Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR), Mirova Natixis, Sonen Capital ...

Teachers Mutual Bank win AB +F ESG award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... and customers, and transparency and effectiveness of corporate governance. See Also: Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... for A initiative in 2012, having spent much of 2011 and 2012 building the core coalition," said Helen Wildsmith, head of ethical and responsible investment at CCLA, and founder of Aiming for A. "We did two or three years of quiet, patient engagement ...

Australian, NZ social enterprises top B Corp list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... accommodation to people in Cairns and Indigenous people from Cape York who travel to Cairns for health services, and Australian Ethical Investment, achieved the highest honours, named to the Best for the World - Overall list. In total, ten Australian ...

Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... seeking, rather than driven, as we saw in other respondents in Benelux, Germany and other parts of Europe, by values and ethical considerations." There is a belief among Australian and New Zealand institutional investors that integration of ESG analysis ...

ASIC issues report on payday lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... issues right across a sector under its surveillance is virtually unprecedented and is a big concern," he said. "It's an ethical issue for low income borrowers. They deserve the same level of fairness and honesty that someone getting a housing loan would ...