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Cities provide essential collaboration: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Leadership Group is a collaborative network that is focusing on urban action to tackle climate change while "increasing the health, wellbeing and economic opportunities of urban citizens." Melbourne and Sydney are members of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership ...

GRESB launches Health and Well-being Module

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
GRESB has launched the GRESB Health & Well-being Module, an optional supplement to the GRESB Real Estate Assessment. The GRESB Health and Well-being Module evaluates and benchmarks the actions by property companies and funds to " promote the health ...

Australian Ethical FUM AU$1.4bn for second half of 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments has increased its group funds under management by 35% to AU$1.4 billion for the half year ending December 2015, and reported net inflows of AU$155 million, an increase of 102%, for the same time period. Phil Vernon, Australian ...

Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... government bodies, investors, insurers, and other participants, said Lynne Pezzullo, lead report author, and lead partner of Health Economics and Social Policy at Deloitte Access Economics. "The problem has been that often people speak very different ...

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... reporters will spread the message further, wider and deeper, with decisive action that aids business, climate, and public health." CDP said that they will score companies on their management of carbon and climate change across their supply chain, with ...

Global Canopy Programme appoints executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... scientific, political and business case for safeguarding forests as natural capital that underpins water, food, energy, health and climate security for all." It has brought forth initiatives including initiatives include Forests Now, the Little Book ...

Australian Ethical Investment AUM up 13% in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Fund manager Australian Ethical Investment funds under management grew by 13% in the fourth quarter of 2015, off the back of investment returns and net inflows. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director Australian Ethical reported ...

HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia to date, although it is a relatively small amount for HESTA, the AU$32 billion industry superannuation fund for the health and community services sector. This is the trust's first allocation. "We have a very flexible mandate in terms of the ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... testing for cosmetic purposes; having unacceptable environmental management practices; or having unacceptable occupational health and safety practices." The fund has a sustainability committee to give advice, which is made up of two independent members ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... What does that mean - I'm an engineering company, that doesn't mean anything to me. You say, a fatality and occupational health has fundamental linkage right to life. If you kill them, you've taken away their right to life. Then they go, right, now I ...