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Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Corp (TIP), FTSE4Good said. The FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG Index is part of FTSE Russell's Sustainable Investment index and data offering. "As sustainable investing is gaining traction among international investment communities, institutional investors ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance launches Speckle, online cash-loan service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... said. "We know that the largest audience that will demand this are women, particularly young women between 20 and 30. The data is clear that over the last two to three years, the last female users of payday loans are single mums - 40% of women accessing ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... the world. Other key risks this year include new regulations on consumer protection, such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and mounting risks from stakeholder governance. "We hope that this report will provoke new thinking ...

Australia faces challenges in adapting to autonomous vehicle technology: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... say infrastructure it's not the government sector, it's the private sector, " Thakur said. "We're talking about cellular data access, 4G and even 5G capability which we obviously don't have any of that in Australia.... Even globally, we don't have 5G ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... customers of the future." EY notes that mobile adoption and e-payments, national digital identity systems, open access to digital data and currency digitization are all "crucial technology considerations for banks" in emerging markets. "If you look at ...

Australian banks, Fortescue Metals appear in Bloomberg Gender Equality Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... commitments to gender equality across industries," said Kiersten Barnet, deputy chief of staff to the chairman at Bloomberg. "More data and greater transparency in this space will allow investors to make better-informed decisions and help companies better ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... Michael Wyrsch, chief investment officer at Vision Super. "I think that was really notable in 2017, because make it at least data and reporting transparency a higher priority."" Vision Super developed a policy and operations to support voting on resolutions ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs large-scale solar developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... buildings, under the South Australian Government's new Building Upgrade Finance (BUF) initiative. The buildings are the YourDC data centre, a 6,000 square metre specialist facility in suburban Edinburgh Parks, and 26 Flinders Street, a 15-storey office ...

CDP issues 2017 Climate Change Report for Australia/New Zealand companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Science-Based Targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while within Australia and New Zealand, more companies are reporting data to CDP, according to CDP's 2017 Climate Change Report. CDP released the 2017 Climate Change Report with data specifically ...

Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility joins Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... team. "We are helping clients to deal with the Modern Slavery Act," Black affirmed. "Deloitte has incredible strengths in data analytics and procurement and risk management, we can form an effective team with them, which will be a superior offering in ...