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GRESB issues real estate green bond guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Suzanne Buchta, head of Green Bonds Americas at Bank of America. "As a new source of financing linked to environmental impacts, Green Property Bonds have the potential to further enhance the sustainability performance of the global real estate sector." ...

ACCSR tracks Australian/NZ progress towards CSR innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... considerations of its role in society is a core skillset for a CSO." Other priorities included reducing negative environmental impacts and waste reduction and recycling initiatives, promoting diversity in the workplace, and managing regulatory impacts. ...

Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... look at. They will look at the key risk issues, and relatively, some projects may have more focus on the environmental impacts, others might have more social and governance considerations. It really is a project by project analysis. Infrastructure assets ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation sector comes at a time when the industry is grappling with how to manage their exposures to environmental impacts including climate change. Of particular topical interest is the issue of divestment from fossil fuels and trustees' obligations ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... portfolios. Some impact investment vehicles also lack the extensive track records and measurable social and environmental impacts that investors use to assess returns. Impact investment products are "scare and most are of a limited scale, which makes ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainable long-term value generation is underpinned. Carlsson-Sweeny also explained that ESG is not just about environmental impacts, and reiterated that depending on the industrial sector and the company, the relative weights of environmental, social ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... we should be encouraging those with large carbon footprints to take this on and be mindful of projects' environmental impacts." As part of the process of establishing best practice, the banks are now designing a governance process to manage more extensive ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... portfolios", and a lack of "reliable" track records over extended periods as well as measurable social and environmental impacts, are challenging to institutional investors. Further, there are concerns that impact investing is incompatible with fiduciary ...

More Australian companies report corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... percent in terms of overall quality." KPMG noted that only 46% of Australian companies identify social or environmental impacts across their supply chain, meaning that improved management and governance in this area needs to be addressed. "The surprising ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... talked about our financial performance and sustainability as well as our governance structure and social and environmental impacts, bringing all those elements together in a succinct corporate report. We saw value in that, and one that wasn't just full ...