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ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Australia could achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 "without structural changes to the economy or lifestyle," according to recent research by ClimateWorks Australia and the Australian National University (ANU). The biggest changes needed to decarbonise ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has made three new loans to social enterprises in Queensland and New South Wales, bringing their total loan book up to AU$7.5 million. Ben Gales, SEFA CEO The three loans were made to MiHaven Property Fund ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Building impact investing in Australia will take leadership, action, and policy, according to an Australian report contributing to a global project to increase capacity in the market. graphic courtesy of Impact Investing Australia In conjunction with ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has launched an integrated ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia, which will be available to the retail market via the Asgard platform. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg The AXA IM All Country ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) is increasing both national and international advocacy of environmental upgrade finance with the intention of growing the volume of deals, both large and small. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund SMF ...

Sustainalytics hires Cheryl Gustitus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics has hired Cheryl Gustitus to head global marketing and to lead strategic initiatives. Gustitus comes to Sustainalytics from GMI Ratings, where she was chief marketing officer. Prior to that, she worked for nearly 10 years with Institutional ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
It is possible for institutional investors to reduce their portfolio carbon exposures without drastically increasing tracking error or reducing investment returns, according to MSCI. executive director, global head of ESG research, MSCI MSCI has recently ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Governance practices have evolved differently around the world, and as a result, AMP Capital has developed a nuanced, case-by-case approach to proxy voting and engaging with companies in varying markets. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... potential." Traill has recently written about these issues in a SVA quarterly publication Investing in social change: building an efficient capital market for social purpose. In the piece, he names several areas that represent what he considers the core ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Australian/New Zealand property companies continue to outperform global peers in sustainability reporting and performance, according to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) 2014 results. Australia/NZ property companies received an ...