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Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Prior, ESG investment pioneer and former head of ESG research at Citi, and Mark Lyster, co-founder of Action Sustainability Asia Pacific to the SSF Compliance Committee, to provide an independent external review. Data on companies' activities towards ...

Australian Ethical Investment opens 2018 community grants program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... continued growth means we have more money available for grants this year than ever before." The 2017 winners included Wildlife Asia, which works to protect critically endangered rhinos in Sumatra from extinction. It is estimated that just 75 of these ...

Australian CSR professionals appear unprepared for Modern Slavery Act: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... between 5 and 17 years engaged in child labour and over 20 million victims of forced labour - and more likely to occur in the Asia-Pacific region than anywhere else, a region that includes Australia's largest trading partner," the report noted. Report ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... equities indices to reduce carbon emissions and reserves intensity by 50%. Susan Darroch, head of Global Equity BetaSolutions, Asia ex Japan, State Street Global Advisors The State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust is the next ...

Cement companies need to "more than double" emissions reductions: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Argos, Shree Cement, LafargeHolcim, HeidelbergCement, CRH, ACC, UltraTech Cement, CEMEX, Taiheiyo Cement, Cementir Holding and Asia Cement Corporation. CDP notes that regulation of the cement sector has been light, "but rising ambitions for low carbon ...

Mercer hires three consultants to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Investment team, one of three hires to the global responsible investment team. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Stamp will join Mercer's Sydney office and report Helga Birgden, global business leader, Responsible ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... in Australia, HK and China; Standard Foods selling oats into Taiwan and China, and Marico selling coconut oil throughout Asia." Ausbil engages with companies on issues like the risks of growing regulatory trends around sugar, or the opportunities to ...

Norton Rose Fulbright partners to form new energy sector advisory business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... managing partner in Australia. There is applicability for Norton Rose Fulbright's Australia clients, but also more widely in the Asia-Pacific region as well, said Alison Deitz, Norton Rose Fulbright business law practice group leader. "The energy sector ...

Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... use those considerations in their portfolio construction. Stewart Investors is primarily an equity fund manager, covering Asia Pacific, emerging markets, worldwide and sustainable investment strategies, primarily based in Edinburgh, with research offices ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... become the first investors in a new social enterprise designed to provide funding for eye care centres throughout South East Asia. Alina Vision is a collaboration between the Fred Hollows Foundation, social entrepreneurs David Green and Ben Midberry ...