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Global stimulus an opportunity for sustainable investment: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... with a total commitment of â,¬1.85 trillion. The plan focuses both on immediate short term recovery in health and employment, as well as the prioritising the European Green Deal as the recovery strategy, with reference to circular economy, renewable ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... strong financial returns, while also positively impacting the lives of tens of thousands of people, such as through employment pathways, education, and health services, as well as benefiting our environment" said Simon O'Connor, CEO of RIAA. The RIAA ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... with a total commitment of â,¬1.85 trillion. The plan focuses both on immediate short term recovery in health and employment, as well as the prioritising the European Green Deal as the recovery strategy, with reference to circular economy, renewable ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... reduction in loan rates and increase in deposit rates, those sorts of things could be captured as well, as well as employment retention and generation - these are potential categories as well." The key to structuring a bond would be establishing the ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Armstrong said. There has been clarification that some workers could extend their visas and use mobility related to their employment status, she said. "A significant cohort of the agricultural labour force that is undocumented workers, to be honest," ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... trails off and people start to go back to work," Lashof said. "The economy will need a real jolt to get up to full employment. That's where there is need to really focus on investments that lay the groundwork for decarbonisation of our economies. That ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... them to stay at home when ill." "We're also learning that there are reasons not to tie wellbeing too tightly to employment. When business does not provide the incomes people need, for any reason, it is in no-one's interests to allow the consequences ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... existing Wesfarmers facility by "incentivising better social outcomes, through a commitment to increase Indigenous employment opportunities, and enhanced environmental outcomes, through reduced carbon emission intensity," CBA said. CBA's Group Executive ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... signed on as tenants, which Impact Investment Group calls "votes of confidence in the future of the precinct as an employment hub, and in Impact Investment Group as a developer of choice for premium, sustainable office accommodation." Impact Investment ...

GSSB developing new GRI standard for agriculture and fishing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... these sectors are crucial to finding solutions to global health and poverty challenges, provides the main source of employment in developing economies, while agriculture is second only to the energy sector for greenhouse gas emissions." This is the second ...