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CEFC lends $32m for construction of green student accommodation project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... property-related commitment in Adelaide," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "This project will lift the benchmark for building standards in student accommodation, representing an important step toward achieving net zero carbon buildings". The Waymouth Street ...

Financial Services Council launches Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Korea, Malaysia and Brazil. "All of our members have to adhere to the standards," said Sally Loane, FSC CEO. "We have around 50 or so fund managers who are members, managing roughly 80% of funds under management ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management publish stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... opportunity, Berrutti said. "Aside from the scenario analysis there's nothing in the TCFD that isn't in other disclosure standards for corporates, it helps by combining and refining the multitude of standards out there." he said. "They do have specific ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures releases final report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... draft and the final document, the substance remained the same. Mardi McBrien managing director of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board said the organisations has a "few questions" for the TCFD around language in the definitions of financial filings ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses disclosure of use of proceeds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... existing projects rather than new projects. "This is allowable under the Green Bond Principles, but not under all market standards (Climate Bonds Standard and [Bank of China] BoC require reporting for the life of the bond)," the report said. "This is ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... success of implementation of the commitments made in the Paris Agreement have to come from a much stronger framework for standards for reporting risk management for the financial sector across climate risk," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of Sustainable Business ...

Acorns launches ethical investment portfolio option Emerald Portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Emerald Portfolio investment to the app, which is designed to meet environmental, social and corporate (ESG) governance standards. The option was developed following regular feedback from users. "Since launching Acorns in Australia more than a year ago ...

GRI, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launch new Indo-Pacific program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... challenges that prevent businesses in the region from fully participating in the global economy," and GRI's reporting standards will be the foundation of all projects started during this period, GRI said. GRI's work with Australia addressed a number ...

Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... certify as B Corporations," according to Community Sector Banking. "It's a testament to the whole team for the high standards of transparency, accountability and social and environmental performance that they've maintained while running a successful ...

VicSuper affirms status as a tobacco-free superannuation fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... criteria applied to tobacco sector company analysis, three criteria have been set to zero: respect for human rights standards, and prevention of violations, management of the negative societal impact do to tobacco consumption, product safety and its ...