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New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... factors, according to the results of a survey for the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO According to the survey of 1,001 consumers, 95% believe it is of at least some importance that KiwiSaver funds consider ...

Cash Converters to pay more than $12 million after ASIC investigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Australians. UCA Funds Management has excluded Cash Converters from its universe of investible companies. UCA Funds Management CEO Michael Walsh personally owns shares in Cash Converters for the express purpose of writing as a shareholder to the companies ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian government has ratified the Paris Agreement, a move welcomed by investors. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) said that the Paris Agreement sent a "huge market signal" to investors that carbon risk is a financial ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... intelligence will play an important role in the development of impact performance measurement standards," said Amit Bouri, CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). "Achieving a more sophisticated and rigorous approach to impact measurement ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... unable to speak with them before deadline. On the 7 th of September, The Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) released the CEO Statement of Support for the Sustainable Development Goals. The statement was an initiative resulting from the Australian ...

RIAA designs Responsible Returns consumer website

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... retail investors and financial advisers with responsible and ethical products to meet their profile. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The site, Responsible Returns, matches a consumer profile with a database of ethical and responsible investment products that ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... This is only one example of The Oasis Project's work. At the Ethical Enterprise Conference in Melbourne last week, Ray Pratt, CEO of AllGrid Energy, presented how the Oasis Project aims to give off-grid communities the tools to become self-sufficient ...

Oliver Yates to step down as Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates is stepping down from the position. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Yates has worked as CEO since the CEFC was founded in 2013. The CEFC board has now commenced a CEO ...

ACSI issues vote warning to remaining all-male ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... ASX-listed companies without female directors that they will face votes against sitting directors in 2017. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO In 2015, ACSI adopted a target for women to comprise 30% of ASX200 boards by the end of 2017, and that policy is now ...

ARENA grants $18m to Queensland combined wind, solar, storage project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... storage. The project is intended to sell around-the-clock renewable energy into the national electricity market, said ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht. "Wind will generate power throughout the day and night, while solar ramps up during peak demand times when ...