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IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
IFM investors is reporting a nearly 8% reduction in carbon emissions across its Australian infrastructure portfolio in the 2018/2018 financial year. Chris Newton, head of responsible investing at IFM Investors. The IFM Investors' FY 2019 Australian ...

Advisers discuss new era of advice, ethical considerations: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's (FASEA) Code of Ethics, which came into force January 2020 includes Standard 6, which states that financial advisers must take into account the broad effects arising from the client acting on their ...

Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has identified 16 green infrastructure projects and a sample pipeline of approximately 40 projects in Vietnam. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative CBI released the Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... back end for suppliers to say, here are the standardised set of questions, answer them once here, and try to develop a standard, because otherwise we'd have siloed solution. About 80% of the questions would be generic, with 20% that are industry spec ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has awarded Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova 's Global Sustainable Equity Fund. Simon O'Connor, CEO RIAA Mirova is the sustainable investment affiliate manager to Natixis Investment ...

Q&A: Pablo Berrutti, on the launch of the Altiorem research platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Pablo Berrutti is a senior investment specialist, Sustainable Funds Group, at Stewart Investors. He is also the founder of Altiorem, an online library and resource centre designed to support the finance industry in the shift towards sustainability. ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
GRI has hired two senior staff at its Amsterdam headquarters - a director of capital markets engagement and a head of policy. Siobhan Cleary is the new director of capital markets engagement, a newly created role. She joins 1 May and will be responsible ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... transitional risks. The CCA report recommends that a joint taskforce of the Council of Financial regulators should develop standard reporting criteria to "enhance the quality and usefulness of disclosures under the TCFD framework," and work with major ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
KPMG Australia has acquired Action Sustainability Asia Pacific, a boutique consultancy specialising specialises in social and environmental sustainability advisory services. Staff of Action Sustainability Asia Pacific The boutique consultancy is a leader ...

Industry coalition organises Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... securities lending" in a set of principles developed by an executive committee comprised of representatives from Aberdeen Standard Investments, Aviva, BlackRock, ISLA, KBC Asset Management, NN Investment Partners and PGGM. PSSL is organised around eight ...