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LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... services sector include the potential of legal action, harsh penalties and increased regulation as well as the erosion of community trust and social license in the financial services sector. Some of the behavioural factors causing this poor corporate ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... 14001 and OHSAS 18001) and starting with programs developed by other companies or NGOs such as supplier training and community initiatives," Jeyaretnam said. "Greater effort is required when it's a complex social problem wider than the supplier itself ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... diverse offering - there are others that have an allocation to impact/philanthropy in part of the interest earned - Community Sector Banking would be one of those. We've seen other products that effectively offset their environmental impacts, like from ...

QIC invests $800m in Powering Australian Renewables Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia's pathway to decarbonisation. We look forward to working with energy industry participants, the government and the community to address this." The Future Fund is an investment fund that was established in 2006 to accumulate financial assets ...

New Zealand responsible investment tops NZ$78bn: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... come from the NZ Superannuation Fund and the Accident Compensation Commission, along with leading fund managers and community trusts implementing a "broad" responsible investment strategy of ESG integration, RIAA found. "In observing the significant ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Impact Investing Australia The NSW state government issued the program, called On TRACC (Transition Reintegration and Community Connection Service). The service provides "intensive, individual support to parolees, particularly in their first 16 weeks ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... consultation paper sent back to the reviewing committee," he said. "Our contribution included business, government, the NGO community and academics - it was quite an interesting development process."

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... integration across entire funds to strategies including screening, sustainability themed investments, impact investments, community finance and corporate engagement. According to the RIAA benchmark report, 15 leading asset managers implementing the ESG ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... of policies and before that, I think we'll need some continued demonstration from mainstream business, as well as the community of the importance of these issues," Connor said. "We'll also need the continuation of states and territories not wanting to ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Queensland - currently, NILS are provided in around 115 locations in Queensland by Good Shepherd Microfinance's wider community partnership network, Mooney said. "The great thing about this is that it continues our positive three-way partnerships, this ...