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Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) have selected FTSE4Good's TIP Taiwan ESG index for a US$1.4 billion mandate. BLF has issued a five year passive mandate and is the first fund to use the FTSE4 Good TIP Taiwan ESG index. The FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG ...

South Pole Australia launches EcoAustralia biodiversity, carbon credit product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... and can be used across the compliance and voluntary market including the Australian government's National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). "By developing this product we can now identify and protect really high-value sites with native vegetation, and by ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Responsible and ethical financial products will continue to enjoy strong demand, while climate change, modern slavery and human rights are issues that will dominate the engagement agenda in 2018. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has announced regulatory outcomes against Thorn's consumer leasing businesses Radio Rentals, RR and Rentlo Reinvented that will see millions in dollars of refunds and write-offs of fees to consumers. ...

CEFC, Australian Ethical Investment invest in Dexus Healthcare Wholesale Property Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... long overdue," said Chris Wade, CEFC property sector lead. "Healthcare facilities typically use far more energy than standard office buildings because they operate for extended hours, have high hot water consumption, and extensive air conditioning and ...

NZ Super to exclude companies in recreational cannabis industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
The NZ$37 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund has opted to exclude companies involved in the recreational cannabis industry, the fund has announced. NZ Super specified that the exclusion is just for recreational cannabis, while companies involved ...

First State Super joins Australian Council of Superannuation Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
First State Super has joined the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO The $87 billion dollar profit-to-member superannuation fund becomes the 38 th member of ACSI. ACSI is a collaborative organisation of institutional ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... APRA's understanding of the risks, the group is also developing a cross-industry heat map through the lens of prudential standard CPS220, identifying the key climate-related risks across each of the industries we regulate. APRA supervisors have begun ...

Employees in more inclusive workplaces report higher job satisfaction: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... those skills. People who have natural skills in other ways, use those skills. They don't have to conform to a narrow standard of success." The index found that sector leaders in developing inclusive workplaces include financial and insurance services ...

Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility joins Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) has joined Deloitte as part of the Risk Advisory business and Reputation and Sustainability Practice. ACCSR joins Deloitte. (Pictured L-R) Wibi Rockwood, Director, Deloitte Risk Advisory ...