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Greens call on Future Fund to divest from coal companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... companies. Senator Christine Milne "Earlier this year the Future Fund ditched its tobacco investments in response to a campaign led by the Greens," said Senator Christine Milne. "Now that climate change denier David Murray has left the fund's helm, the ...

Natural Capital Declaration starts implementation phase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... integrating natural capital considerations into financial accounting, disclosure and reporting. NCD said four working groups, led by banks from four continents, will address critical challenges to incorporating natural capital calculations in the finance ...

IIRC CEO favours market-led adoption of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The chief executive officer of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) says market-led adoption of the Integrated Reporting (IR) framework, not mandatory compliance, will lead to better corporate reporting. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO Paul ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... biomass and solar thermal following suit by 2030," the report said. Investment in Australian renewable energy projects is led by Asian investors, particularly Chinese investors. The report cites Shenhua Group Corp's April announcement that it would jointly ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... increasing demand for sustainability information is inevitable," said Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive at GRI, who has led the development of G4. "Increasingly governments, stock exchanges, investors, and society at large are calling on companies ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... impact investment sector will require coordinated action to grow what is currently a nascent market, a conclusion that has led interested organisations in the financial services sector to set up a financial services forum to address this. Earlier this ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... are honoured to receive such a high accolade for our effort " Teachers Mutual Bank highlighted several accomplishments that led to the institution increasing its score from 79% last year to 90% this year - total community investment of 4.18% of pre-tax ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... concerned that certain emerging market companies lack sufficient executive independence and scrutiny of management. This challenge led us to examine how we could develop a passive investment vehicle that could filter out companies with less satisfactory ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... target of the policy all the more critical for investor confidence." CEC cited analysis by SKM MMA showing that the RET has led to "more than $18 billion in clean energy investment, from solar panels and solar hot water systems through to large-scale ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... investment space over the past five to 10 years that, in combination with discussions with members around impact investing, led Philanthropy Australia to develop the program. "The conversations I've had around members are at all levels," she said. "Some ...