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David Atkin, responsible investment leader, to step down as Cbus CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... and women of the building and construction industry." Atkin is considered an "elder statesperson of the responsible investment community," Bracks noted. Atkin served as Australian asset owner representative on the PRI Board (Principles of Responsible ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... profit. The trick now is for words to become actions. Recently the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment announced it will investigate whether and how legal frameworks allow for - and incentivise - investors to consider sustainability ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... flipping financials services to be of service to their clients and customers," said Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), and co-chair of ASFI. "The whole purpose here is delivering better outcomes for our ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
MySuper options in superannuation funds that employ responsible investment strategies across portfolios have financially outperformed non-responsible investment peers over one, three and five-year time frames, according to new research from the Responsible ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... "The relatively low interest in negative screening strategies seems to indicate that investors' views of responsible investment have evolved," Harrison said. "To them, it doesn't represent as much limiting the opportunity set, but rather finding positive ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... responsible approach to tax by business is essential," said Fiona Reynolds is CEO of PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment). "The PRI has been leading efforts to drive more meaningful corporate disclosure. GRI's new Tax Standard marks an evolution ...

Sustainalytics hires Jodie Tapscott as head of Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... responsibility leading the Corporate Responsibility team in developing and delivering the wealth management group's responsible investment strategy. Before that, Tapscott was a senior portfolio manager at AMP Capital Investors, where she oversaw the ...

ESG standards improving in emerging markets: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... mispriced, which offers an opportunity. T Rowe Price uses both internal research from its analysts and responsible investment team as well as external research to seek out stocks where business is "on the right side of change," and ESG integration is ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... billion industry fund has historically taken an industry-leading approach to reporting on sustainability and responsible investment activities within the fund - in 2014, it was the first Australian superannuation fund to report using the GRI Standards ...

First State Super on Climate Action 100+, engagement, and fund strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... coalition, reflects on the progress made in the first year of work by the group. Liza McDonald, head of responsible investment at First State Super. Climate Action 100+ is a collaborative engagement coalition to work with the world's largest corporate ...