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New Forests Asia fund reaches $120 million first close

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... plantation forestry portfolio. The impact activities are closely linked to the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. New Forests' objective is to demonstrate that asset management integrating commercial forestry investments with activities ...

YFYS, tracking error a challenge to ESG adoption: Parametric

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... addition to using data on greenhouse gas emissions, Parametric also assessed companies against two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - SDG 8, decent work and economic growth, and SDG 11, sustainable cities and communities. "For the first time, we ...

Australian Unity appoints head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... and its corporate sustainability strategy. Moore was also part of the team that issued the first Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) bond by an Australian not-for-profit. Moore has more than 20 years' experience in the financial services industry, and ...

TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... is aligned with the ICMA green and social bond principles, the Climate Bond Initiative and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. "We talk about the evolving nature of this segment and obviously being government, there is a broad range of assets and spending ...

South32 negotiates US$1.4 billion sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) Mining Principles and is informed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Global Compact Ten Principles. "The inclusion of specific measures on our sustainability performance ...

Leadership essential in implementing ESG: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the lack of a globally recognised framework. At a governmental level, a number of goals (e.g. UN Sustainable Development Goals), principles (e.g. UN Principles for Responsible Investment, UN Global Compact) and targets (e.g. Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance ...

Evolution Mining commits to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Financial Disclosures (TCFD), as well as the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We also aligned our FY21 Sustainability Report with globally recognised ESG reporting frameworks; ESG is such ...

Sustainability moving from "why" to "how": Banksia Foundation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... systems, food systems and human and social capital in actions that are aligned to the framework of the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs," Petersen said. Those actions require collaborative solutions, and they also require that organisations be held ...

GII launch gender equality impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... education, health, nutrition, and social and economic empowerment. Those companies map to six of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - SDG3, good health and well-being, SDG4, quality education, SDG5 gender equality, SDG8, decent work and economic ...

Alphinity highlights sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... then performs a "deep dive review," Cairns said. The report also explained Alphinity's use of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its domestic and global equity finds. Alphinity launched the Global Sustainable Equity Fund earlier this year, and ...