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SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... in a continuing cycle of exclusion and cannot participate fully in the community. It's time to think afresh about how to shift the current status quo, so that all Australians have real opportunity to reach their full potential." Traill has recently written ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... experience, the real problem is on the capital demand side. In particular in the European context, the real challenge is the shift of business culture. The shift from what I call hegemony of government and non-profit to entrepreneurship. This is not ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... percentage of the whole universe from last year, slightly. But given the numbers are really big, that represents quite a big shift. Energy has taken up a lot of it. One of the things the report notes is that it is fairly difficult to identify energy ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... co-founder of FSG. "It is an opportunity for banks to capture business value by enabling and financing societal solutions. This shift, however, will require a new paradigm that enables banks to leverage the tremendous potential inherent in their businesses ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Although 85% of ASX200 companies provide some level of reporting on sustainability factors, more than 40% of those companies still rate in the bottom two categories of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)'s annual review of sustainability ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... domestic investors in the green space for the better part of two years, looking at it on and off. There has been a growing shift in the institutional investor space in Australia towards more SRI mandates. It was the combination of these trends and the ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Given the shift and evolution of the global economy and the activities of businesses and assets as part of that shift, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment practices is both a source of innovation and ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... was to increase their investment in low carbon by 3%, that would leverage around US$3 trillion, which is enough capital to shift that sector to the game-changing phase." 350.org Australia will use this report as an engagement tool with institutional ...

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... of next week's annual meeting. "At our last conference last year, which was held in Berlin, we released a declaration to shift the industry towards transparency, diversity and sustainability in banking," Walsh said. "I think the first take-away from ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... financial and non-financial data in one annual report, but found that using the Integrated Reporting model precipitated a shift in the company thinking around integrated strategies. "We have published four [integrated reports] now, but only two against ...