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Principles for Responsible Investment discuss agenda for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... information in our reporting framework." In future, reporting to the Principles for Responsible Investment will also include data on funds' actions around climate change risk and the SDGs, Reynolds said. "We haven't really had a lot of depth on the climate ...

Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Australian Beef website clearly states : "The Framework is a whole-of-industry snapshot that will use existing data so that there is no input required from individual farms. It is not a certification or on-farm system". Herein lies the problem. ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
Climate change, corporate transparency, data and cyber security, consumer shift toward plant-based proteins and other issues are potential environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment themes that are both a source of risk and reward for investors ...

Hunter Hall ownership changes prompt review from asset consultants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
The announcement that Hunter Hall founder Peter Hall is stepping down as CEO and CIO of the ethical investment fund and is selling his ownership stake has led asset consultants to re-evaluate the firm from an operational perspective as well as raise ...

GRESB appoints Sander Paul van Tongeren as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... committed to supporting Sander Paul's new role and hope to further the broader integration of GRESB into GBCI, to provide ESG data, engagement and services, from asset to portfolio performance. There is immense potential for market transformation through ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches Carbon Report product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... investments. Catalina Secreteanu, head of Australia, Sustainalytics NAB Asset Servicing has partnered with Sustainalytics as the data provider to offering the monitoring tool, which can be used to gauge CO2 intensity at a fund or an individual portfolio ...

Evergen to pilot program installing system with SGCH

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... expenditures make up a larger proportion of budgets in low income households, and the results of this pilot will provide data on the benefits of renewable energy for households that are "more vulnerable to rising energy costs," said Scott Langford, CEO ...

RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The strong surge in consumer interest and demand for responsible and ethical investment and retirement products is a challenge and an opportunity for the financial services industry, the key theme of the upcoming Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... to determine if it was possible to attribute direct impact of carbon footprint on share price. Rosenberg Equities used a data universe of all US and Canadian stocks covered by Trucost for which Trucost 's Carbon-Weighted Disclosure score was greater ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian Impact Investment Activity and Performance Report 2016. The report analysed impact investment activity and performance data of 11 respondents managing 15 impact investment products with a value of AU$1.2 billion. Most of that money was committed ...