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Link between post-bushfire regeneration and impact investing: WWF-Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... innovation, said Reece Proudfoot, head of innovation and impact investment - WWF Australia. "At a macro level, the blow to people and nature from the 2019 and 2020 fires left a staggering loss that requires action at scale, and we can't do the same things," ...

Class linked to experience of inclusion at work: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
People who self-identified as coming from lower class backgrounds experience more exclusion, discrimination and harassment at work than people from higher classes, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). DCA recently released Class ...

Impact Investment Group names head of investor relations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... brought to IIG's community her exceptional knowledge of the sector, her deep care for clients, her commitment to benefiting people and the planet, and a work ethic second to none. The clients who already know her, admire her, and the advisors who are ...

First Sentier publishes Modern Slavery Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... consultation that came together regularly in the six months leading up to the statement, and learning from one to another, people were also doing their own thing. For example, I would give an update on the investment process, which centres around the ...

Medibank issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... material topics. The COVID-19 pandemic response impacted each of those material topics, said Kylie Bishop, group executive, people and culture, Medibank. The sustainability function sits with Bishop at an executive level, and resides with the risk committee ...

Positive outlook for impact future: Conscious Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... capital, which means we can make investments and we can get on with it," he said. "This is about fundamentally bringing people to housing, and in the case of disability accommodation, the rent is paid by the commonwealth government." However, the pipeline ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... disclosure, which made it difficult for investors to know what their funds hold. "The other things I'd add from the paper, if people want to invest sustainably, they're actively trying to avoid some sectors and have exposure to others," Kennaway said. ...

Call for education on difference between sustainable, impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... structured and what its' trying to achieve in terms of making real progress in terms of delivering medical care to people more quickly and efficiently." The American Century Health Care Impact Equity fund has four thematics - innovation in treating ...

QBE makes allocation to impact investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... initiatives from renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, to social services and programs to support vulnerable people and communities around the world. In 2018, QBE told FS Sustainability that while QBE is not altering its finical return obligations ...

PRI executive appointed to European Platform on Sustainable Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... investment into green economic activities," said Valdis Dombrovskis, executive vice-president for an Economy that Works for the People. "It has been heartening to see such tremendous interest from such a wide range of experts and stakeholders to join ...