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Hejaz Financial Services funds certified responsible invesments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Services. The Responsible Investment Certification Program applies strict criteria for certifying responsible, ethical and impact investment products in Australia and New Zealand. The four funds certified by RIAA include the Hejaz Global Ethical Fund ...

CEFC allocated additional $8.6 billion in budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... emissions," said CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth. "This new capital allocation is a welcome endorsement by the Government of our impact over the past decade, acknowledging our investment expertise and careful stewardship of taxpayers' money. "Transforming our ...

CareSuper, Yarra Capital fill ESG roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Yarra, Kuo ran a consulting business, advising fund managers and family offices on ESG matters and was previously chief impact officer at Impact Investment Group and held senior positions across Impact Investing Australia and Pacific Corporate Group ...

BetaShares SMAs list on Netwealth platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
BetaShares's range of ethically screened separately managed accounts (SMAs) will list on the the Netwealth platform. The SMAs include the BetaShares Australian Sustainability Leaders SMA, which holds a portfolio of 35 stocks that are generally the largest ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... under the SDGs that we are not performing well against," Petersen said. The explicit acknowledgement of climate change's impact on the Australian economy in the Budget speech is a signal of further work to be done, Petersen noted. "There will be deeper ...

Less than 20% of ASX200 disclose financial impacts of climate risk: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... majority of their material ESG topics. ESG reporting standards need to be significantly enhanced because of the likely impact of the proposed standards of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), particularly in the area of quantifying ...

ASFI Summit to focus on sustainable finance progress, implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and a commitment to measure and report the social and environmental impact of investment, lending and insurance decisions in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. There will also be a discussion ...

New Forests African forestry fund receives US$200m in investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
New Forests has locked in US$200 million in commitments for the African Forestry Impact Platform (AFIP) fund and announced its first acquisition. AFIP will acquire Green Resources, East Africa's largest forest development and wood processing company. ...

Broadening impact investing - Patrice Newell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
In this episode, we speak with Dr Patrice Newell, First Nations author, environmentalist and co-founder of Kwala, a responsible investing app that offers investors access to Australian and international companies with high environmental, social, health ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... A number of ESG and sustainable products have launched in Australia, including two Sharia-compliant ETFs and a positive impact fund. Vanguard Australia has launched a positive impact global equities fund that aims to outperform the broad global equities ...