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Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... in-tray or inbox, they're not going away. Regarding ESG, this is the start of these initiatives, even if the start has been building for the past 20-30 years, it's now seeping into considerable decisions of responsible investors" The firm's focus on ...

GRI defines four strategic goals to expand scope

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... throughout organizations. We will further develop our role as a launch pad for innovation - enabling others to succeed by building on our standards as the foundation. GRI will also work in collaboration with the world's leading technology companies to ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... finance for the transformation of a 0-star bulky goods retail centre in Ipswich, Queensland, to a high performing office building reducing energy use by more than 50%, and project finance for a 1970s Brisbane office building to achieve 5-star NABERS ...

Eureka Funds Management funds Sydney EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Corporation (CEFC) have financed a AU$1.2 million environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) that will retrofit the Readers Digest Building in Sydney. The agreement has been signed with the City of Sydney and Readers Digest building owner Intrasia Oxley (RDB) ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... ANZ managing director of global loans and advisory. The partnership will see AWA focus on "knowledge sharing, capacity building, trade and investment initiatives and strengthening governance arrangements" in Vietnam, India and Indonesia. ANZ is providing ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
ANZ has issued an AU$600 million green bond that will finance green property, wind power and solar projects. The bond - ANZ's first green bond and the second issued by an Australian bank - is five-year fixed rate, priced at 99.384 and an 80 bps spread ...

ACCSR tracks Australian/NZ progress towards CSR innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... workplace, and managing regulatory impacts. Respondents from organisations that were labelled "innovators" also cited "building internal understanding and support for our CSR/sustainability approach", measuring CSR initiative impacts, developing new ...

NFPs must align investments with mission: Koda Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... it at all." Impact investment is one area that is coming for increasing attention as a means to accomplish the goal of building a sustainable investment base and having future income to support work, Knowles noted. "Impact investment is attracting an ...

ASrIA launches private equity ESG initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... and governance (ESG) issues. The ASrIA Private Equity ESG Initiative is designed to "support [private equity] firms in building internal ESG capacity, strengthening capabilities and raising awareness of ESG best practices across the industry more broadly," ...

GRESB launches real estate debt survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... scope by launching the GRESB Debt Survey. The 2015 GRESB Debt Survey will collect data on real estate debt investments, building on GRESB's work surveying real estate equity vehicles. The GRESB Debt Survey will be open to private real estate funds that ...