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Investing in healthcare yields financial, social returns: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... social impact. The second level impacts... is through our unique ownership structure by the Stowers Institute for Medical Research." Jim Stowers, founder of American Century, has also established the Stowers Institute, which funds biomedical research. ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... systems are really important to capture the value creation of the SDGs," said Professor Nava Subramaniam, Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation at RMIT's School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain and the report's lead author. ...

Online investors applying ESG criteria: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... listed investment in the past year, driven largely by a record inflow of 265,000 first-time investors," said Recep Peker, research director at Investment Trends. "First-time investors typically consist of young Australians in the Zoomer or Millennial ...

Women continue to see gains on ASX200 boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... companies. Last year, the 30% Club announced a new objective for 30 per cent women on ASX 300 boards by the end of 2021. Research released by KPMG in July suggest that in order to increase gender diversity on ASX201-300 company boards, existing board ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... say they have no allocation at all as part of their passive investments. The study was conducted by consultants CREATE-Research. It covered over 131 pension plans in 20 jurisdictions with a combined assets under management of around EUR 2.25 trillion. ...

ARENA allocates $2.17m to Alice Springs grid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia (DKA), supported by the Northern Territory Government. ARENA's funding is provided through the Desert Knowledge Research Institute. Alice Springs Future Grid is governed by a steering committee including CSIRO, Ekistica, Power and Water Corporation ...

MBS launches Centre for Sustainability and Business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... and financial performance of Australian businesses by making sustainability deeply embedded." The Centre will focus on research, engaging with companies about embedding sustainability and moving discussions forward through convening discussions across ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... performing personal balanced super fund investment options for the 2019-2020 financial year were ESG options, according to research from Rainmaker Information. While the overall Rainmaker MySuper investment performance index ended 2019-2020 with an annual ...

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... is a disconnect between IT and business leaders regarding the risk and opportunity of consumer data, according to new research from the Governance Institute of Australia and CSIRO. Megan Motto, Governance Institute CEO The report - Digital Trust - Corporate ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... to reach global goals of keeping warming below 1.5 or 2 degrees. The index uses a forward-looking approach using the research outlined in ClimateWorks' Decarbonisation Futures report, as The Sustainability Report previously reported. "It's theoretically ...