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Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... welfare services at asylum seeker detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. "In line with HESTA's long-standing ESG policy, if a company is identified as not complying, directly or indirectly, with international laws, standards or guidelines, HESTA ...

Newpin social benefit bond returns 8.9% in second year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... bringing two new social impact investment transactions to market per year as part of a ten-point social impact investment policy announced this week. NSW is the first state in Australia to articulate a policy for social impact investment. As part of ...

Governance Institute appoints Steven Burrell as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... the Sydney Morning Herald and has won both a Walkley Award and Pan Asian Journalist of the Year Award. He has also been a policy adviser at the federal Treasury and trained as an economist at the University of Sydney, the Governance Institute said. "My ...

Good Money opens Adelaide retail store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy, Good Shepherd Microfinance has previously said. Last year, Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB also published results of research ...

IGCC calls for emissions reductions targets with credible signal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... IGCC welcomed the release of the target, but said that institutional investors expect "credible, transparent, long-term policy frameworks which generate investor confidence." "We are concerned that a target of 26% by 2030 from a 2005 baseline will not ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... collaborating to influence outcomes that support the long-term investment goals of superannuation funds. Two main areas of policy that are of particular importance this year are tax avoidance and the potential global agreements global agreements on climate ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... deforestation and forest degradation in the agricultural value chain. "Addressing deforestation is high on the twenty-first century policy agenda," said Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary-general and UNEP executive director. "The continuing loss of the ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... they're doing as being consistent with long term shareholder value," Le Couteur said. In April, AGL released a greenhouse gas policy in which it committed to not "build, finance or acquire new conventional coal-fired power stations in Australia (i.e. ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... becomes, how do you structure a financial instrument around that." See Also: NSW develops first social impact investment policy Interest in green, social bonds continuing: JPMorgan Chase

PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... portfolios broadly representative of the overall capital markets. They can play a positive role in influencing companies and policy makers to minimise their exposure to these costs." PRI is currently considering how environmental, social and governance ...