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International Integrated Reporting Council hires Richard Howitt as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has named Richard Howitt as the next chief executive officer. Howitt will succeed outgoing CEO Paul Druckman on 1 November. Howitt is currently a Member of European Parliament (MEP), and will step ...

Not for Podcast: Discrediting Online Gambling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... campaigning to get the major banks to cut the credit. Members from the group featured in this episode: Zac Gillam, senior policy officer, Consumer Action Law Centre Michael Walsh, CEO, UCA Funds Management Tim Starke, portfolio manager, UCA Funds Management ...

IGCC, others organisations press G20 countries to ratify Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... federal election. The inquiry is an opportunity for public discussion of how climate change will affect finance and economic policy as well as behaviours across the economy. "Our focus will be on implementation of the Paris Agreement, but we will also ...

NAB sets science based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... methodology for science-based targets for finance-related activities." "The impacts of climate change and climate-related policy are having a growing effect on our business, our customers, and the communities in which we operate," said Nicola Murphy ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... relationship with regulators, and they like to hear our views," Bennett said. To that end, the BlackRock paper makes six policy recommendations aimed at enabling "stakeholders and market participants to develop detailed ESG standards and best-practice ...

CEFC reports $837m in commitments for 2015-2016

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... targeted financial solutions." CEFC operates in the manner of a commercial financier and delivers on its clean energy public policy purpose. CEFC said that each dollar of investment commitments in 2015-2016 was matched by AU$1.95 from the private sector. ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Social Benefit Bond and the AU$10 million Benevolent Society Bond. NSW is the first state in Australia to articulate a policy for social impact investment. As part of the policy, the NSW government established an Office of Social Impact Investment, a ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... of Parliament, stakeholders with environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus are turning their attention to their policy objectives for the next term, as well as developing their strategies for engaging with lawmakers who are independents or from ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... jurisdictions, it was clear that while regulators are saying, yes, it could be important, we think a stronger signal from policy makers and stronger settings around ESG is an important part of the work," said David Atkin, Cbus CEO., "We can see that ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  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. In recent years, Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB also published results ...