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Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
A new retail superannuation fund, Good Super, has been launched with the mission of generating member returns by investing to impact on thematic, long-term questions facing Australia, including climate change, changing demographics, and social justice ...

Kmart, Pacific Brands increase Bangladesh disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Pacific Brands said that less than 1% of their total sourcing comes from Bangladesh and that they are signatories to the Ethical Trading Initiative. "To this extent, we are re-designing our corporate website to capture our comprehensive efforts in a ...

Video Panel: Ethical Investments: Design and Communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Ethical Investments: Design and Communication from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The Sustainability Report moderated this live panel debate in Sydney on the investment decision-making behind ethical financial products in the areas of superannuation ...

Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... existing capitals - not only for the purpose of the membership, but also looking at how the business model supports our ethical conduct and acting in the public interest. It allows you to look at how you structure your capitals, how your capital interrelate ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... and Specialty Fashion Group have signed the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. But many retailers have ethical sourcing policies based on local legal compliance only, and some companies' management have a "hands-off attitude to sweatshop ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... money on behalf of the government to offset public pension costs. The New Zealand Superannuation Fund was set up with ethical investment considerations as part of its foundation - in the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001, the ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... "Terry offers us a unique combination of long career as a superannuation fund CEO, an enviable track record in building ethical investment strategies and a background in the financial management of a Christian church. It's a wonderful fit with UCA Funds ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... before their annual shareholder meetings in early 2014. Local Government Super, Christian Super, LUCRF Super, Australian Ethical Investment and Five Oceans Asset Management are part of the initiative. "We would like to understand [the company's] reserve ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... was very much the decision on disclosure and being factually correct." Trevor Thomas, managing director of Ethinvest, an ethical financial planning firm, said asked CBA why they included re-allocating the carbon emissions to tenants to get clarification ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Board at its November AGM. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm founded on ethical investment principles, is supporting Dunlop's candidacy based on his credentials as both a climate advocate - he was a member ...