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CEFC, Right Click Capital invest in Redback Technologies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... businesses," CEFC said. Redback's System uses machine learning to predict solar generation and customer usage and uses the data to optimise energy usage. The software also enables systems to "be aggregated to form a virtual power plant, to provide grid ...

Allens sets target to achieve 35% female partners by 2022

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... strategies to rectify that." Allens has also implemented processes in its talent review and recruitment process, including RARE, a data-driven contextual recruitment tool that allows the firm to review people "in context, including their socio-economic ...

Strong uptick in participation in second GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... risks." The 2017 assessment also showed that while 88% of infrastructure funds and 91% of infrastructure assets collect ESG data, "reporting on ESG performance is not yet common practice," and that while ESG screening of pre-investments is increasing ...

IGCC survey finds institutional investors seeking to increase low-carbon investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... green investments, and there was a slight preference to international over Australia as the investment destination. "The data shows that it's spilling over into overseas markets," Herd said. "If you look at which Australian and NZ investors are active ...

Australian Ethical appoints Michael Monaghan to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... care provider, and a non-executive director of Alpha Vista Financial Services, a start-up global business leveraging big data and artificial intelligence He has previously worked as managing director of State Super Financial Services Australia Limited ...

Vigeo Eiris assesses "ongoing, serious" misconduct cases in global banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... risks in their internal controls, "less than 40% have strong processes in place to manage those risks." Vigeo Eiris analysed data from November 2015 to December 2016 for 52 diversified banks in Europe (31 companies), North America (12 companies) and ...

NAB, Life Without Barriers launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... program, Wadell said. "That's why we won't see the first outcome payment until the end of the third year," he said. "The data is collected by Queensland gov't justice system. An independent verification agent will be appointed, but that's not needed ...

Regnan calls for greater disclosure on human capital management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... disclosures on human capital are likely to be largely qualitative, supplemented with relevant metrics where quantitative data provides a more complete picture of trends. Disclosures could include information on key employees, movements relevant to the ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... companies via the corporate sustainability assessment (CSA), which creates a score for companies based on an average of 600 data points. "Being a pioneer and thought leader in Sustainability Investing for over 20 years, we understand the right questions ...

New super funds use technology, responsible investment focus to reach members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... dinner instead of contributing to XYZ bar, that $100 now will be X-amount in five years' time?" We are presenting you with data so that you can make your choices." Human Super has two options - a balanced fund and a growth fund. Both funds have an ESG ...