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AMP Capital to divest from tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... cluster munitions and landmines. AMP Capital has revised its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Responsible Investment Philosophy, which applies across its business. AMP Capital has decided to exclude companies that manufacture tobacco, cluster ...

Climate Bonds Standard approves Deloitte France, Deloitte Luxembourg

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Climate Bond Standard, the Climate Bonds Standard Board said. Deloitte France has "supported numerous" responsible investment and ESG initiatives, including projects in Africa and France, the board said. Deloitte France conducts sustainable bond and ...

NAB launches social bond focusing on companies, gender equality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) is launching a social bond focusing specifically on gender equality. Eva Zileli, head of group funding, NAB The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income obligation open to institutional investors. Participating ...

AXA IM launches "impact-style" fund linked to gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... long-term capital growth from companies that promote gender diversity. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM The strategy - The AXA World Funds - MiX in Perspectives - has been launched in Europe, and AXA IM will launch an Australian-domiciled ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank launch Socially Responsible Growth Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... assess the ESG performance of the fund, and the Socially Responsible Growth Fund has been certified by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, Rohan said. The fund has just been launched and has been seeded with a "few million dollars" of ...

Amanda Wilson stepping down as Regnan chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Regnan team," the firm said in a statement. "Under Amanda's leadership, Regnan has continued to advance the responsible investment agenda in Australia, acting as a voice for the promotion of sustainable and inclusive capital markets." During Wilson's ...

Principles for Responsible Investment discuss agenda for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) will this year issue a new blueprint for responsible investment globally, while deepening the engagement in Australia and New Zealand via its first full-time staff member. Fiona Reynolds, managing director ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... discussion, and we are starting to see capital flowing," said Simon O'Connor, chief executive officer of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). "QIC with the Powering Australia Renewables fund has fully allocated its money. There ...

Sustainalytics to augment Sydney office, launch Tokyo office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... well for local and global clients, said Michael Jantzi, CEO of Sustainalytics. "Australia is an exciting responsible Investment market," Jantzi said. "It's one of the best responsible investment and ESG markets in the world. It's as market that obviously ...

BetaShares launches ETHI sustainability-themed ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... fuels, gambling, tobacco, armaments, human rights concerns and other activities deemed inconsistent with responsible investment best practice. "This ETF is really a fund that, on the one hand, caters to a significant portion of Australians that are looking ...