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Mercer study reveals diversity gap in investment management industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... interest in investing," Beattie said. "It's really important. In doing that, there needs to be much greater emphasis of building the capability of senior portfolio managers to be inclusive and develop talent and not just see their roles as picking stocks ...

Australian Catholic University issues $200m Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Australian Catholic University (ACU) has issued a $200 million Sustainability Bond to be used in green building construction and education program development. Scott Jenkins, chief financial officer, Australian Catholic University ACU is the first Australian ...

Australian, NZ organisations consider impacts of bribery, corruption: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... exposure, how can you manage it? Companies will be operating in different jurisdictions, different products and services, building power plants, might be mining coal in Indonesia, different regions, different jurisdictions. The logical place to start ...

ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... disclosures. We endorse the TCFD framework and note that it includes detailed sectoral guidance for energy, materials and building, transportation, and agriculture and food companies. Several companies in Australia have already committed to report to ...

Mirvac launches first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... and hiring power responsibly. " Whilst the RAP is a two-year commitment, Mirvac has set a five-year internal focus on "building awareness, education about cultural protocols, and growing the number of our people who identify themselves as Indigenous," ...

Nuveen launches two new ESG exchange traded funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... benchmarks while still adhering to a rigorous ESG framework provides investors with currently the only set of products for building a complete equity portfolio across market-cap, style, and geography."

GRI, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade launch new Indo-Pacific program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... alleviation by "1) fostering smart policies that increase market transparency and 2) promoting supply chain transparency by building domestic capacity for sustainability reporting," GRI said. GRI will also establish a network of Indo-Pacific organisations ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund, Victorian government to spread word on EUAs to SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs). Scott Bocskay, CEO, Sustainable Melbourne Fund EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting projects. Under the terms, the building owner is advanced ...

CEFC publishes report on best practice initiatives for property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... measures include: Light colour and reflective external materials, which typically cost less than 0.1 per cent of the building's cost to implement and pay back in less than five years Data analytics for building management systems in existing buildings ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Asia, Brand said. "Secondly, we believe that there is going to be a rising demand for biobased materials, whether that be building materials, or biofuels that can replace petrochemicals. There are ways that the land can be used for forestry production ...