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Australian National University Investment Office selects CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... reports on companies within the ANU portfolio, Waldron said. ANU has a socially responsible investment policy. Part of the SRI policy states "Making investment decisions, the University will aim to: avoid investment opportunities considered to be likely ...

RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... investment products. This measures public demand for retail products that are responsible/ethical and what is labelled as SRI. This figure is up to AU$25 billion, or 2.3%, and that is a big step up. It confirms what we've been observing across banking ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... talking about both traditional [environmental, social and governance] ESG investors and [socially responsible investment] SRI investors, and also demand from fairly unusual places- central banks are taking up green bonds. Microsoft and Ford have also ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... years, looking at it on and off. There has been a growing shift in the institutional investor space in Australia towards more SRI mandates. It was the combination of these trends and the increased visibility of issuance offshore that gave us the impetus ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... investor because you're considering more risk factors, but for some, it was still about [Socially Responsible Investment] SRI funds and an SRI option. I see Australia as being quite a sophisticated market, but even after all the years we've talking about ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... extending their ESG analysis to unlisted assets including private equity. "When it comes to [socially responsible investment] SRI investor implications, it often comes down to the headline risk," Finlayson said. "Often, there is the headline risk that ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Standard Life Investments has appointed Amanda Young as Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI). Young comes to Standard Life Investments from Newton Investment Management. She is also a main board director of the UK Sustainable Investment ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
NGS Super is designing a stand-along socially responsible investment (SRI) option for members that will be launched later this year. This is not the fund's first attempt at a stand-alone ethical investment option. NGS Super has had a Green Shares option ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... threshold that screens out stocks from industries such as uranium mining, gambling, armaments and tobacco, and there's the SRI overlay." Hartnett said that it is more difficult to use responsible investment strategies with a quantitative approach to ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... 2012 average returns for responsible investment funds (Australian equities) was 21.45%, while Perpetual's Wholesale Ethical SRI Fund was the top performing fund in 2012, returning 39.7% "This goes straight to the heart of the criticism that you sacrifice ...

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Green moves: Aware Super, Minderoo Foundation

ELIZABETH FRY
CareSuper hired an ESG specialist from a rival, while Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation appointed an executive director of effective philanthropy.

Macquarie AM takes over Island Green Power

KARREN VERGARA
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is now the owner of renewable energy developer Island Green Power, scooping up the remaining 50% stake.

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN
Palliser Capital has vowed to continue pressing for governance reform at Rio Tinto after its shareholder resolution calling for an independent review of the miner's dual-listed company structure fell short at the group's annual general meeting.

ISSB looks to ease Scope 3 disclosure requirements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The International Sustainability Standards Board has proposed changes to requirements under IFRS S2 to offer clarity around existing reliefs and provide further relief in relation to specific Greenhouse Gas emissions disclosures.

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