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ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment processes continue to grow across Asia Pacific markets, but in diverse fashions and influenced by variable regulatory and market considerations, according to Ronnie ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... journalistic investigations. "The question is a broader one," said Emily Chew, vice president, regional research lead for Asia-Pacific at MSCI. "For us this is a question we answer all the time when it comes to ESG metrics in all areas - how much does ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... communities in which they invest. New Forests has more than 765,000 hectares of investments in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States in forests, rural land, forest carbon assets, wetland and stream mitigation banks, and a tropical ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... in Australia, with assets under management of AU$2.8 billion. They have investments in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States in forests, rural land, forest carbon assets, wetland and stream mitigation banks, and a tropical biobank ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... that was certified and we expect to see more issuance in the mass transportation sector." There will also be activity in the Asia-Pacific region as well, Ceci said. "If we annualise what has taken place in the market to date, it is likely we'll see around ...

Impact Investing Australia launches inaugural Australian survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... investments, with institutions having a higher expectation of market returns than other sectors, noted Brad Potter, Director of the Asia Pacific Social Impact Centre at the University of Melbourne and a co-author of the report. In a panel discussion ...

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... 10.7b (US$ 225M) certified Climate Bond for the Philippines based Tiwi-MakBan geothermal project. It is the first bond in Asia and the Pacific to receive Climate Bonds certification and the first ever Climate Bond for a single project in an emerging ...

Global Reporting Initiative to open Manila Office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... opening an office in Manila, Philippines as part of plans to increase its presence in the ASEAN region. Michael Meehan, GRI CEO Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region for corporate responsibility reporting in the last four years, "largely driven ...

Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... by two drivers - drought conditions reducing the ability to support grass-fed cattle, and a dramatic increase in people in Asia shifting their diets towards red meat and dairy. Whitehead noted that drought comes in Australia every two to three years ...

Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Australia's agriculture, food and beverage sector has been touted as the food bowl to Asia, but Ausbil's head of ESG research Mans Carlsson-Sweeny believes that, due to "relative cost differences and logistics," ...