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ASIC reviewing greenwashing in financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... defines funds with little to no ESG, "light" green and "dark green" funds. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), which has operated a certification program for responsible investments for the past 15 years, noted that the ASIC review ...

Super funds file Modern Slavery Statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... modern slavery is occurring. Carlsson chairs the Human Rights Working Group at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), which has published Modern Slavery Reporting: a Guide for Investors in conjunction with the Australian Council of ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... of issues like cultural heritage protection into engagements with companies. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) last year established the First Nations Working Group in the wake of the destruction of Juukan Gorge, a site that represented ...

Regulation needs to keep up with the rise of ethical investing: Hejaz Financial Services

HAKAN OZYON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... services, and invest in funds that closely align with their values is growing. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has found that more than $1.1 trillion worth of professionally managed money in Australia is responsibly invested. ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... drive important activity," said Simon O'Connor, ASFI co-chair and CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). O'Connor noted activities by organization beyond the financial services sector to include universities, state ...

Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... social and governance questions lag behind, Guiamatsia said. Information from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)'s consumer research platform, Responsible Returns, corroborates this. In the first quarter of 2021, the top three ...

Brokers recognised for excellence in ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... responsible investment in Australia last year. The ESG RA Awards are supported by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and is an initiative comprising superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants with the single objective ...

PE, VC vehicles to drive sustainable investment pipeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... can be scaled up, according to a panel of fund managers. Speaking at the recent Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference, Alexandra Clunies-Ross, portfolio manager at Artesian Invest, notes that venture capital can be used to ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... classes while also generating financial returns, according to an expert panel at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference. Matthew Tominc, CIO of Conscious Investment Management, notes that his fund's mission is to make ...

Responsible investors called to action on First Nations Peoples

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... an anthropologist, archaeologist and linguist, will speak during the forthcoming Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Australia 2021 conference, on May 7. FS Sustainability is the media partner for the event. Muir spoke with FS Sustainability ...