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Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... has explicitly acknowledged the importance of the Carbon Positive Roadmap for buildings that was released by the Green Building Council of Australia earlier this year, which aims to ensure Australia's competitiveness and attractiveness for investments ...

WorldGBC launches Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Institutional investors, property developers and the City of Sydney have joined the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) to launch the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment. The 38 signatories - 12 businesses, 22 cities and four states and regions ...

Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Despite the strong issuance of green bonds in Australia and New Zealand, both counties need to muster more capital allocation to generate investment in green infrastructure to meet international mitigation and emissions commitments, according to the ...

Vanguard Australia licenses FTSE Russell index for ESG-related products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... growing demand for integrating ESG preferences into investments. ESG-focused indexes constructed using our innovative 'building block' approach allow clients to align their values with their portfolios. We expect to see further iterations of new indexes ...

Man Group to augment responsible investment, stewardship activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... hires, according to Jason Mitchell, the newly appointed co-head of responsible investment at Man Group. "In terms of building out the team, we intend to add a dedicated person on the investment side, and we're also looking to add a dedicated person within ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... the financing, Core Civic and GEO Group could not survive." Habibi noted that GEO Group is structured as a REIT and is building new prisons and detention centres, citing specifically a 2017 contract from the US government's U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... measurement is hard for this program. So what I've been concerned with is, again starting off small and attainable, is at least building a database of students, that are at least 50/50 women, who are actively saying "I want to know about more opportunities ...

CEFC reports 39 direct commitments worth $2.3 billion in FY18

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Mirvac's first institutional build-to-rent investment platform in Australia. Mirvac has identified its new 258-apartment building, Indigo, at its Pavilions project in Sydney's Olympic Park, as the ABTRC seed asset. The CEFC investment will further enhance ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... reporting on the Global Goals and their efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda." "Effective corporate reporting is key to building trust and aligning investment through transparency and accountability. This guide helps businesses move beyond the current ...

Omega Global Investors, Pinnacle Investment Management in strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... demand for smart beta, the firm is also seeing increased demand for mandates managed with ESG factors in mind. "We are building solutions off the back of the smart beta strategy, and developing customised solutions that people want in the insto space," ...